3.1.23
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.1.23
न, अन्यत्र प्रवृत्त्यभावात्
na, anyatra pravṛttyabhāvāt
The line
Not elsewhere, because of a compound: activity, setting out to act, and absence.
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. ayasaḥ (अयसः) from 3.1.22 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) + anyatra (अन्यत्र) + pravṛtti-abhāvāt (प्रवृत्ति-अभावात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| anyatra (अन्यत्र) | indeclinable | elsewhere |
| pravṛtti-abhāvāt (प्रवृत्ति-अभावात्) | ablative singular | a compound: activity, setting out to act, and absence. Read it from the end |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. anyatra (अन्यत्र) is elsewhere. It stands as indeclinable.
pravṛtti-abhāvāt (प्रवृत्ति-अभावात्) is a compound: activity, setting out to act, and absence. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
pravṛtti-abhāvāt (प्रवृत्ति-अभावात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss anyatra (अन्यत्र) and pravṛtti-abhāvāt (प्रवृत्ति-अभावात्).
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