3.1.55
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.1.55
विप्रतिषेधात् च न त्वकेका
vipratiṣedhāt ca na tvak ekā
The line
Because of a conflict between two rules and, not tvak (त्वक्), one.
Where it sits
In Nyāya (न्याय) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 3. Examines the objects: the self, the body, the senses, the mind. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: vipratiṣedhāt (विप्रतिषेधात्) + ca (च) + na (न) + tvak (त्वक्) + ekā (एका)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vipratiṣedhāt (विप्रतिषेधात्) | ablative singular | a conflict between two rules |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| tvak (त्वक्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ekā (एका) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | one |
The phrases
vipratiṣedhāt (विप्रतिषेधात्) is a conflict between two rules. It stands as ablative singular. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
tvak (त्वक्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. ekā (एका) is one. It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular.
Sanskrit in this line
vipratiṣedhāt (विप्रतिषेधात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vipratiṣedhāt (विप्रतिषेधात्) and tvak (त्वक्).
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