2.2.49
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.2.49
न, तद्विकाराणां सुवर्णभावाव्यतिरेकात्
na, tadvikārāṇāṃ suvarṇabhāvāvyatirekāt
The line
Not of a compound: that, and a transformation, because of suvarṇabhāvāvyatireka (सुवर्णभावाव्यतिरेक).
Where it sits
In Nyāya (न्याय) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 2. Examines doubt, and then examines the means of knowing one by one. The line is short. suvarṇādīnāṃ (सुवर्णादीनां) from 2.2.48 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: na (न) + tad-vikārāṇāṃ (तद्-विकाराणां) + suvarṇabhāvāvyatirekāt (सुवर्णभावाव्यतिरेकात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| tad-vikārāṇāṃ (तद्-विकाराणां) | genitive plural | a compound: that, and a transformation. Read it from the end |
| suvarṇabhāvāvyatirekāt (सुवर्णभावाव्यतिरेकात्) | ablative singular | suvarṇabhāvāvyatireka (सुवर्णभावाव्यतिरेक) |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. tad-vikārāṇāṃ (तद्-विकाराणां) is a compound: that, and a transformation. Read it from the end. It stands as genitive plural.
suvarṇabhāvāvyatirekāt (सुवर्णभावाव्यतिरेकात्) is suvarṇabhāvāvyatireka (सुवर्णभावाव्यतिरेक). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
suvarṇabhāvāvyatirekāt (सुवर्णभावाव्यतिरेकात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tad-vikārāṇāṃ (तद्-विकाराणां) and suvarṇabhāvāvyatirekāt (सुवर्णभावाव्यतिरेकात्).