4.1.67
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.1.67
अणुश्यामतानित्यत्ववद् वा
aṇuśyāmatānityatvavad vā
The line
A compound: aṇuśyā (अणुश्या), matā (मता), eternal, and tvavada (त्ववद) or.
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. prāgutpatterabhāvānityatvavat (प्रागुत्पत्तेरभावानित्यत्ववत्) from 4.1.66 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: aṇuśyā-matā-nitya-tvavada (अणुश्या-मता-नित्य-त्ववद) + vā (वा)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| aṇuśyā-matā-nitya-tvavada (अणुश्या-मता-नित्य-त्ववद) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: aṇuśyā (अणुश्या), matā (मता), eternal, and tvavada (त्ववद). Read it from the end |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
The phrases
aṇuśyā-matā-nitya-tvavada (अणुश्या-मता-नित्य-त्ववद) is a compound: aṇuśyā (अणुश्या), matā (मता), eternal, and tvavada (त्ववद). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
aṇuśyā-matā-nitya-tvavada (अणुश्या-मता-नित्य-त्ववद) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss aṇuśyā-matā-nitya-tvavada (अणुश्या-मता-नित्य-त्ववद).