2.2.67
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.2.67
न, आकृतिव्यक्त्यपेक्षत्वात् जात्यभिव्यक्तेः
na, ākṛtivyaktyapekṣatvāt jātyabhivyakteḥ
The line
Not because of ākṛtivyaktyapekṣatva (आकृतिव्यक्त्यपेक्षत्व), of a compound: a futile rejoinder, abhi (अभि), and vyakta (व्यक्त).
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. vyaktyā-kṛti-yukte (व्यक्त्या-कृति-युक्ते) from 2.2.66 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) + ākṛtivyaktyapekṣatvāt (आकृतिव्यक्त्यपेक्षत्वात्) + jāti-abhi-vyakteḥ (जाति-अभि-व्यक्तेः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| ākṛtivyaktyapekṣatvāt (आकृतिव्यक्त्यपेक्षत्वात्) | ablative singular | ākṛtivyaktyapekṣatva (आकृतिव्यक्त्यपेक्षत्व) |
| jāti-abhi-vyakteḥ (जाति-अभि-व्यक्तेः) | genitive or ablative singular | a compound: a futile rejoinder, abhi (अभि), and vyakta (व्यक्त). Read it from the end |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. ākṛtivyaktyapekṣatvāt (आकृतिव्यक्त्यपेक्षत्वात्) is ākṛtivyaktyapekṣatva (आकृतिव्यक्त्यपेक्षत्व). It stands as ablative singular.
jāti-abhi-vyakteḥ (जाति-अभि-व्यक्तेः) is a compound: a futile rejoinder, abhi (अभि), and vyakta (व्यक्त). Read it from the end. It stands as genitive or ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
ākṛtivyaktyapekṣatvāt (आकृतिव्यक्त्यपेक्षत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ākṛtivyaktyapekṣatvāt (आकृतिव्यक्त्यपेक्षत्वात्) and jāti-abhi-vyakteḥ (जाति-अभि-व्यक्तेः).
Next
2.2.68. vyaktyākṛtijātaya (व्यक्त्याकृतिजातय) but, a compound: a word, and a thing, a meaning.