2.2.48
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.2.48
सुवर्णादीनां पुनरापत्तेः अहेतुः
suvarṇādīnāṃ punarāpatteḥ ahetuḥ
The line
Of suvarṇāda (सुवर्णाद), of punarāpatta (पुनरापत्त), a non-reason.
Where it sits
In Nyāya (न्याय) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 2. Examines doubt, and then examines the means of knowing one by one. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: suvarṇādīnāṃ (सुवर्णादीनां) + punarāpatteḥ (पुनरापत्तेः) + ahetuḥ (अहेतुः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| suvarṇādīnāṃ (सुवर्णादीनां) | genitive plural | suvarṇāda (सुवर्णाद) |
| punarāpatteḥ (पुनरापत्तेः) | genitive or ablative singular | punarāpatta (पुनरापत्त) |
| ahetuḥ (अहेतुः) | nominative singular, masculine | a non-reason |
The phrases
suvarṇādīnāṃ (सुवर्णादीनां) is suvarṇāda (सुवर्णाद). It stands as genitive plural. punarāpatteḥ (पुनरापत्तेः) is punarāpatta (पुनरापत्त). It stands as genitive or ablative singular.
ahetuḥ (अहेतुः) is a non-reason. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
suvarṇādīnāṃ (सुवर्णादीनां) is genitive plural. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss suvarṇādīnāṃ (सुवर्णादीनां) and punarāpatteḥ (पुनरापत्तेः).