3.1.1
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.1.1
दर्शनस्पर्शनाभ्यामेकार्थग्रहणात्
darśanasparśanābhyām ekārthagrahaṇāt
The line
By means of a compound: seeing, touch, and not, because of a compound: one, a thing, a meaning, and a grasping.
Where it sits
In Nyāya (न्याय) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 3. Examines the objects: the self, the body, the senses, the mind. The line is short. samāna-prasa-vātmikā (समान-प्रस-वात्मिका) from 2.2.71 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: darśana-sparśa-nābhyām (दर्शन-स्पर्श-नाभ्याम्) + eka-artha-grahaṇāt (एक-अर्थ-ग्रहणात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| darśana-sparśa-nābhyām (दर्शन-स्पर्श-नाभ्याम्) | instrumental, dative, or ablative dual | a compound: seeing, touch, and not. Read it from the end |
| eka-artha-grahaṇāt (एक-अर्थ-ग्रहणात्) | ablative singular | a compound: one, a thing, a meaning, and a grasping. Read it from the end |
The phrases
darśana-sparśa-nābhyām (दर्शन-स्पर्श-नाभ्याम्) is a compound: seeing, touch, and not. Read it from the end. It stands as instrumental, dative, or ablative dual.
eka-artha-grahaṇāt (एक-अर्थ-ग्रहणात्) is a compound: one, a thing, a meaning, and a grasping. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
darśana-sparśa-nābhyām (दर्शन-स्पर्श-नाभ्याम्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss darśana-sparśa-nābhyām (दर्शन-स्पर्श-नाभ्याम्) and eka-artha-grahaṇāt (एक-अर्थ-ग्रहणात्).
Next
3.1.2. Not because of a compound: an object, vyava (व्यव), and the place, the order.