3.1.49
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.1.49
न इतरेतरधर्मप्रसङ्गात्
na itaretaradharmaprasaṅgāt
The line
Not because of a compound: the other, the other, dharma, a property, and an unwanted consequence.
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. ādityaraśmeḥ (आदित्यरश्मेः) from 3.1.48 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) + itara-itara-dharma-prasaṅgāt (इतर-इतर-धर्म-प्रसङ्गात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| itara-itara-dharma-prasaṅgāt (इतर-इतर-धर्म-प्रसङ्गात्) | ablative singular | a compound: the other, the other, dharma, a property, and an unwanted consequence. Read it from the end |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
itara-itara-dharma-prasaṅgāt (इतर-इतर-धर्म-प्रसङ्गात्) is a compound: the other, the other, dharma, a property, and an unwanted consequence. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
itara-itara-dharma-prasaṅgāt (इतर-इतर-धर्म-प्रसङ्गात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss itara-itara-dharma-prasaṅgāt (इतर-इतर-धर्म-प्रसङ्गात्).