4.1.8
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.1.8
न दोषलक्षणावरोधान्मोहस्य
na doṣalakṣaṇāvarodhānmohasya
The line
Not of a compound: a fault, lakṣa (लक्ष), ṇāva (णाव), rodhā (रोधा), and nmoha (न्मोह).
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. nimitta-naimittika-bhāvā-darthā-ntara-bhāvaḥ (निमित्त-नैमित्तिक-भावा-दर्था-न्तर-भावः) from 4.1.7 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) + doṣa-lakṣa-ṇāva-rodhā-nmohasya (दोष-लक्ष-णाव-रोधा-न्मोहस्य)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| doṣa-lakṣa-ṇāva-rodhā-nmohasya (दोष-लक्ष-णाव-रोधा-न्मोहस्य) | genitive singular | a compound: a fault, lakṣa (लक्ष), ṇāva (णाव), rodhā (रोधा), and nmoha (न्मोह). Read it from the end |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
doṣa-lakṣa-ṇāva-rodhā-nmohasya (दोष-लक्ष-णाव-रोधा-न्मोहस्य) is a compound: a fault, lakṣa (लक्ष), ṇāva (णाव), rodhā (रोधा), and nmoha (न्मोह). Read it from the end. It stands as genitive singular.
Sanskrit in this line
doṣa-lakṣa-ṇāva-rodhā-nmohasya (दोष-लक्ष-णाव-रोधा-न्मोहस्य) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss doṣa-lakṣa-ṇāva-rodhā-nmohasya (दोष-लक्ष-णाव-रोधा-न्मोहस्य).