3.2.1
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.2.1
कर्माकाशसाधर्म्यात् संशयः
karmākāśasādharmyāt saṃśayaḥ
The line
Because of a compound: action, space, and likeness, doubt.
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. tadupalabdhiḥ (तदुपलब्धिः) from 3.1.73 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: karma-ākāśa-sādharmyāt (कर्म-आकाश-साधर्म्यात्) + saṃśayaḥ (संशयः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| karma-ākāśa-sādharmyāt (कर्म-आकाश-साधर्म्यात्) | ablative singular | a compound: action, space, and likeness. Read it from the end |
| saṃśayaḥ (संशयः) | nominative singular, masculine | doubt |
The phrases
karma-ākāśa-sādharmyāt (कर्म-आकाश-साधर्म्यात्) is a compound: action, space, and likeness. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
saṃśayaḥ (संशयः) is doubt. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
karma-ākāśa-sādharmyāt (कर्म-आकाश-साधर्म्यात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss karma-ākāśa-sādharmyāt (कर्म-आकाश-साधर्म्यात्) and saṃśayaḥ (संशयः).
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3.2.2. Because of a compound: an object, toward, against, abhi (अभि), and knowing.