4.1.4
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.1.4
न, एकप्रत्यनीकभावात्
na, ekapratyanīkabhāvāt
The line
Not because of a compound: ekapra (एकप्र), tyanīka (त्यनीक), and a state.
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 line is short. trairāśyaṃ (त्रैराश्यं) from 4.1.3 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) + ekapra-tyanīka-bhāvāt (एकप्र-त्यनीक-भावात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| ekapra-tyanīka-bhāvāt (एकप्र-त्यनीक-भावात्) | ablative singular | a compound: ekapra (एकप्र), tyanīka (त्यनीक), and a state. Read it from the end |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
ekapra-tyanīka-bhāvāt (एकप्र-त्यनीक-भावात्) is a compound: ekapra (एकप्र), tyanīka (त्यनीक), and a state. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
ekapra-tyanīka-bhāvāt (एकप्र-त्यनीक-भावात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ekapra-tyanīka-bhāvāt (एकप्र-त्यनीक-भावात्).