3.2.47
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.2.47
यावच्छरीरभावित्वात् रूपादीनाम्
yāvaccharīrabhāvitvāt rūpādīnām
The line
Because of yāvaccharīrabhāvitva (यावच्छरीरभावित्व), a compound: rūpādī (रूपादी), and by name, indeed.
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. dravye (द्रव्ये) from 3.2.46 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: yāvaccharīrabhāvitvāt (यावच्छरीरभावित्वात्) + rūpādī-nāma (रूपादी-नाम)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yāvaccharīrabhāvitvāt (यावच्छरीरभावित्वात्) | ablative singular | yāvaccharīrabhāvitva (यावच्छरीरभावित्व) |
| rūpādī-nāma (रूपादी-नाम) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: rūpādī (रूपादी), and by name, indeed. Read it from the end |
The phrases
yāvaccharīrabhāvitvāt (यावच्छरीरभावित्वात्) is yāvaccharīrabhāvitva (यावच्छरीरभावित्व). It stands as ablative singular.
rūpādī-nāma (रूपादी-नाम) is a compound: rūpādī (रूपादी), and by name, indeed. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
Sanskrit in this line
yāvaccharīrabhāvitvāt (यावच्छरीरभावित्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss yāvaccharīrabhāvitvāt (यावच्छरीरभावित्वात्) and rūpādī-nāma (रूपादी-नाम).