3.2.54
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.2.54
न, रूपादीनामितरेतरवैधर्म्यात्
na, rūpādīnām itaretaravaidharmyāt
The line
Not a compound: rūpādī (रूपादी), and by name, indeed, because of a compound: the other, the other, and a difference of kind.
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. śarīra-guṇa-vaidharmyāt (शरीर-गुण-वैधर्म्यात्) from 3.2.53 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: na (न) + rūpādī-nāma (रूपादी-नाम) + itara-itara-vaidharmyāt (इतर-इतर-वैधर्म्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| 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 |
| itara-itara-vaidharmyāt (इतर-इतर-वैधर्म्यात्) | ablative singular | a compound: the other, the other, and a difference of kind. Read it from the end |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. 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.
itara-itara-vaidharmyāt (इतर-इतर-वैधर्म्यात्) is a compound: the other, the other, and a difference of kind. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
itara-itara-vaidharmyāt (इतर-इतर-वैधर्म्यात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss rūpādī-nāma (रूपादी-नाम) and itara-itara-vaidharmyāt (इतर-इतर-वैधर्म्यात्).