3.1.6
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.1.6
न, कार्याश्रयकर्तृवधात्
na, kāryāśrayakartṛvadhāt
The line
Not because of a compound: an effect, a seat, a support, an agent, and vadha (वध).
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. abhāvaḥ (अभावः) from 3.1.5 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) + kārya-āśraya-kartṛ-vadhāt (कार्य-आश्रय-कर्तृ-वधात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| kārya-āśraya-kartṛ-vadhāt (कार्य-आश्रय-कर्तृ-वधात्) | ablative singular | a compound: an effect, a seat, a support, an agent, and vadha (वध). Read it from the end |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
kārya-āśraya-kartṛ-vadhāt (कार्य-आश्रय-कर्तृ-वधात्) is a compound: an effect, a seat, a support, an agent, and vadha (वध). Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
kārya-āśraya-kartṛ-vadhāt (कार्य-आश्रय-कर्तृ-वधात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kārya-āśraya-kartṛ-vadhāt (कार्य-आश्रय-कर्तृ-वधात्).