4.1.42
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.1.42
न, कारणवयवाभावात्
na, kāraṇavayavābhāvāt
The line
Not because of a compound: a cause, vayavā (वयवा), 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. saṃkhya-ikāntā-siddhiḥ (संख्य-इकान्ता-सिद्धिः) from 4.1.41 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) + kāraṇa-vayavā-bhāvāt (कारण-वयवा-भावात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| kāraṇa-vayavā-bhāvāt (कारण-वयवा-भावात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a cause, vayavā (वयवा), and a state. Read it from the end |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
kāraṇa-vayavā-bhāvāt (कारण-वयवा-भावात्) is a compound: a cause, vayavā (वयवा), and a state. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
kāraṇa-vayavā-bhāvāt (कारण-वयवा-भावात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kāraṇa-vayavā-bhāvāt (कारण-वयवा-भावात्).