4.1.22
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.1.22
अनिमित्ततो भावोत्पत्तिः, कण्टकतैक्ष्ण्यादिदर्शनात्
animittato bhāvotpattiḥ, kaṇṭakataikṣṇyādidarśanāt
The line
animittata (अनिमित्तत), bhāvotpatta (भावोत्पत्त), because of a compound: kaṇṭa (कण्ट), kata (कत), ikṣṇyādi (इक्ष्ण्यादि), and seeing.
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: animittato (अनिमित्ततो) + bhāvotpattiḥ (भावोत्पत्तिः) + kaṇṭa-kata-ikṣṇyādi-darśanāt (कण्ट-कत-इक्ष्ण्यादि-दर्शनात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| animittato (अनिमित्ततो) | nominative singular, masculine | animittata (अनिमित्तत) |
| bhāvotpattiḥ (भावोत्पत्तिः) | nominative singular | bhāvotpatta (भावोत्पत्त) |
| kaṇṭa-kata-ikṣṇyādi-darśanāt (कण्ट-कत-इक्ष्ण्यादि-दर्शनात्) | ablative singular | a compound: kaṇṭa (कण्ट), kata (कत), ikṣṇyādi (इक्ष्ण्यादि), and seeing. Read it from the end |
The phrases
animittato (अनिमित्ततो) is animittata (अनिमित्तत). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. bhāvotpattiḥ (भावोत्पत्तिः) is bhāvotpatta (भावोत्पत्त). It stands as nominative singular.
kaṇṭa-kata-ikṣṇyādi-darśanāt (कण्ट-कत-इक्ष्ण्यादि-दर्शनात्) is a compound: kaṇṭa (कण्ट), kata (कत), ikṣṇyādi (इक्ष्ण्यादि), and seeing. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
kaṇṭa-kata-ikṣṇyādi-darśanāt (कण्ट-कत-इक्ष्ण्यादि-दर्शनात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss animittato (अनिमित्ततो) and bhāvotpattiḥ (भावोत्पत्तिः).