3.1.31
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.1.31
श्रुतिप्रामाण्यात् च
śrutiprāmāṇyāt ca
The line
Because of a compound: scripture, and being a means of knowing and.
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. gandha-kleda-pāka-vyūhā-vakā-śadānebhyaḥ (गन्ध-क्लेद-पाक-व्यूहा-वका-शदानेभ्यः) from 3.1.30 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: śruti-prāmāṇyāt (श्रुति-प्रामाण्यात्) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| śruti-prāmāṇyāt (श्रुति-प्रामाण्यात्) | ablative singular | a compound: scripture, and being a means of knowing. Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
śruti-prāmāṇyāt (श्रुति-प्रामाण्यात्) is a compound: scripture, and being a means of knowing. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
śruti-prāmāṇyāt (श्रुति-प्रामाण्यात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss śruti-prāmāṇyāt (श्रुति-प्रामाण्यात्).