4.1.5
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.1.5
व्यभिचारादहेतुः
vyabhicārādahetuḥ
The line
vyabhicārādaheta (व्यभिचारादहेत).
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. ekapra-tyanīka-bhāvāt (एकप्र-त्यनीक-भावात्) from 4.1.4 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: vyabhicārādahetuḥ (व्यभिचारादहेतुः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vyabhicārādahetuḥ (व्यभिचारादहेतुः) | nominative singular | vyabhicārādaheta (व्यभिचारादहेत) |
The phrases
vyabhicārādahetuḥ (व्यभिचारादहेतुः) is vyabhicārādaheta (व्यभिचारादहेत). It stands as nominative singular.
Hold the words in that order. The English of the whole line comes after them.
Sanskrit in this line
vyabhicārādahetuḥ (व्यभिचारादहेतुः) is nominative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vyabhicārādahetuḥ (व्यभिचारादहेतुः).
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4.1.6. Of of them, confusion, pāpīya (पापीय), not of amūḍhasyetarotpatta (अमूढस्येतरोत्पत्त).