3.2.18
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.2.18
न इन्द्रियार्थयोः, तद्विनाशे अपि ज्ञानावस्थानात्
na indriyārthayoḥ, tadvināśe api jñānāvasthānāt
The line
Not of a compound: a sense, and a thing, a meaning, in a compound: tadvi (तद्वि), and destruction even, because of a compound: jñānāva (ज्ञानाव), and the place, the order.
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: na (न) + indriya-arthayoḥ (इन्द्रिय-अर्थयोः) + tadvi-nāśe (तद्वि-नाशे) + api (अपि) + jñānāva-sthānāt (ज्ञानाव-स्थानात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| indriya-arthayoḥ (इन्द्रिय-अर्थयोः) | genitive or locative dual | a compound: a sense, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end |
| tadvi-nāśe (तद्वि-नाशे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: tadvi (तद्वि), and destruction. Read it from the end |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| jñānāva-sthānāt (ज्ञानाव-स्थानात्) | ablative singular | a compound: jñānāva (ज्ञानाव), and the place, the order. Read it from the end |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. indriya-arthayoḥ (इन्द्रिय-अर्थयोः) is a compound: a sense, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end. It stands as genitive or locative dual. tadvi-nāśe (तद्वि-नाशे) is a compound: tadvi (तद्वि), and destruction. Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. jñānāva-sthānāt (ज्ञानाव-स्थानात्) is a compound: jñānāva (ज्ञानाव), and the place, the order. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
indriya-arthayoḥ (इन्द्रिय-अर्थयोः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss indriya-arthayoḥ (इन्द्रिय-अर्थयोः) and tadvi-nāśe (तद्वि-नाशे).
Next
3.2.19. At one time, of jñānānupalabdha (ज्ञानानुपलब्ध) and, not the mind.