4.2.19
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.2.19
आकाशासर्वगतत्वं वा
ākāśāsarvagatatvaṃ vā
The line
A compound: ākāśā (आकाशा), all, gone, and tvaṃa (त्वंअ) 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. ākāśa-vyati-bhedāt (आकाश-व्यति-भेदात्) from 4.2.18 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: ākāśā-sarva-gata-tvaṃa (आकाशा-सर्व-गत-त्वंअ) + vā (वा)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ākāśā-sarva-gata-tvaṃa (आकाशा-सर्व-गत-त्वंअ) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: ākāśā (आकाशा), all, gone, and tvaṃa (त्वंअ). Read it from the end |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
The phrases
ākāśā-sarva-gata-tvaṃa (आकाशा-सर्व-गत-त्वंअ) is a compound: ākāśā (आकाशा), all, gone, and tvaṃa (त्वंअ). 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
ākāśā-sarva-gata-tvaṃa (आकाशा-सर्व-गत-त्वंअ) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ākāśā-sarva-gata-tvaṃa (आकाशा-सर्व-गत-त्वंअ).