3.2.14
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.2.14
लिङ्गतः ग्रहणात् न अनुपलब्धिः
liṅgataḥ grahaṇāt na anupalabdhiḥ
The line
A compound: a mark, and taḥa (तःअ), because of a grasping, not not being found.
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: liṅga-taḥa (लिङ्ग-तःअ) + grahaṇāt (ग्रहणात्) + na (न) + anupalabdhiḥ (अनुपलब्धिः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| liṅga-taḥa (लिङ्ग-तःअ) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: a mark, and taḥa (तःअ). Read it from the end |
| grahaṇāt (ग्रहणात्) | ablative singular | a grasping |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| anupalabdhiḥ (अनुपलब्धिः) | nominative singular | not being found |
The phrases
liṅga-taḥa (लिङ्ग-तःअ) is a compound: a mark, and taḥa (तःअ). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. grahaṇāt (ग्रहणात्) is a grasping. It stands as ablative singular.
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. anupalabdhiḥ (अनुपलब्धिः) is not being found. It stands as nominative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
anupalabdhiḥ (अनुपलब्धिः) is nominative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss liṅga-taḥa (लिङ्ग-तःअ) and grahaṇāt (ग्रहणात्).