4.1.14
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.1.14
अभावाद् भावोत्पत्तिः, नानुपमृद्य प्रादुर्भावात्
abhāvād bhāvotpattiḥ, nānupamṛdya prādurbhāvāt
The line
Because of because of absence, bhāvotpatta (भावोत्पत्त), nānupamṛdya (नानुपमृद्य), because of prādurbhāva (प्रादुर्भाव).
Where it sits
In Nyāya (न्याय) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 4. Examines action, fault, rebirth, fruit, pain, and release, and then the whole and the part. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: abhāvāt (अभावात्) + bhāvotpattiḥ (भावोत्पत्तिः) + nānupamṛdya (नानुपमृद्य) + prādurbhāvāt (प्रादुर्भावात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| abhāvāt (अभावात्) | ablative singular | because of absence |
| bhāvotpattiḥ (भावोत्पत्तिः) | nominative singular | bhāvotpatta (भावोत्पत्त) |
| nānupamṛdya (नानुपमृद्य) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| prādurbhāvāt (प्रादुर्भावात्) | ablative singular | prādurbhāva (प्रादुर्भाव) |
The phrases
abhāvāt (अभावात्) is because of absence. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it abhāvād (अभावाद्). bhāvotpattiḥ (भावोत्पत्तिः) is bhāvotpatta (भावोत्पत्त). It stands as nominative singular.
nānupamṛdya (नानुपमृद्य) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. prādurbhāvāt (प्रादुर्भावात्) is prādurbhāva (प्रादुर्भाव). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
bhāvotpattiḥ (भावोत्पत्तिः) is nominative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it abhāvād (अभावाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss abhāvāt (अभावात्) and bhāvotpattiḥ (भावोत्पत्तिः).
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