3.1.65
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.1.65
एकैकश्येन उत्तरगुणासद्भावातुत्तरोत्तराणां तदनुपलब्धिः
ekaikaśyena uttaraguṇāsadbhāvāt uttarottarāṇāṃ tadanupalabdhiḥ
The line
By means of ekaikaśya (एकैकश्य), because of a compound: the later, guṇāsa (गुणास), and dbhāva (द्भाव), of a compound: the later, and the later, tadanupalabdha (तदनुपलब्ध).
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: ekaikaśyena (एकैकश्येन) + uttara-guṇāsa-dbhāvāt (उत्तर-गुणास-द्भावात्) + uttara-uttarāṇāṃ (उत्तर-उत्तराणां) + tadanupalabdhiḥ (तदनुपलब्धिः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ekaikaśyena (एकैकश्येन) | instrumental singular | ekaikaśya (एकैकश्य) |
| uttara-guṇāsa-dbhāvāt (उत्तर-गुणास-द्भावात्) | ablative singular | a compound: the later, guṇāsa (गुणास), and dbhāva (द्भाव). Read it from the end |
| uttara-uttarāṇāṃ (उत्तर-उत्तराणां) | genitive plural | a compound: the later, and the later. Read it from the end |
| tadanupalabdhiḥ (तदनुपलब्धिः) | nominative singular | tadanupalabdha (तदनुपलब्ध) |
The phrases
ekaikaśyena (एकैकश्येन) is ekaikaśya (एकैकश्य). It stands as instrumental singular. uttara-guṇāsa-dbhāvāt (उत्तर-गुणास-द्भावात्) is a compound: the later, guṇāsa (गुणास), and dbhāva (द्भाव). Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
uttara-uttarāṇāṃ (उत्तर-उत्तराणां) is a compound: the later, and the later. Read it from the end. It stands as genitive plural. tadanupalabdhiḥ (तदनुपलब्धिः) is tadanupalabdha (तदनुपलब्ध). It stands as nominative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
uttara-guṇāsa-dbhāvāt (उत्तर-गुणास-द्भावात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ekaikaśyena (एकैकश्येन) and uttara-guṇāsa-dbhāvāt (उत्तर-गुणास-द्भावात्).
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3.1.66. viṣṭa (विष्ट). apara (अपर), by means of by the later one, by another.