3.2.9
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.2.9
स्फटिकान्यत्वाभिमानवत् तदन्यत्वाभिमानः
sphaṭikānyatvābhimānavat tadanyatvābhimānaḥ
The line
sphaṭikānyatvābhimānavat (स्फटिकान्यत्वाभिमानवत्), a compound: tada (तद), nyatvābhi (न्यत्वाभि), and a measure, a means of knowing.
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. gati-abhāvāt (गति-अभावात्) from 3.2.8 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: sphaṭikānyatvābhimānavat (स्फटिकान्यत्वाभिमानवत्) + tada-nyatvābhi-mānaḥ (तद-न्यत्वाभि-मानः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sphaṭikānyatvābhimānavat (स्फटिकान्यत्वाभिमानवत्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| tada-nyatvābhi-mānaḥ (तद-न्यत्वाभि-मानः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: tada (तद), nyatvābhi (न्यत्वाभि), and a measure, a means of knowing. Read it from the end |
The phrases
sphaṭikānyatvābhimānavat (स्फटिकान्यत्वाभिमानवत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
tada-nyatvābhi-mānaḥ (तद-न्यत्वाभि-मानः) is a compound: tada (तद), nyatvābhi (न्यत्वाभि), and a measure, a means of knowing. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
sphaṭikānyatvābhimānavat (स्फटिकान्यत्वाभिमानवत्) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sphaṭikānyatvābhimānavat (स्फटिकान्यत्वाभिमानवत्) and tada-nyatvābhi-mānaḥ (तद-न्यत्वाभि-मानः).