5.1.13
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 5 / 5.1.13
तथाभावादुत्पन्नस्य कारणोपपत्तेर्न कारणप्रतिषेधः
tathābhāvādutpannasya kāraṇopapatterna kāraṇapratiṣedhaḥ
The line
Of a compound: so, bhāvā (भावा), and dutpanna (दुत्पन्न), kāraṇopapatterna (कारणोपपत्तेर्न), a compound: a cause, and a denial.
Where it sits
In Nyāya (न्याय) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 5. The false rejoinders, called jāti (जाति), and the points on which a debate is lost. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: tathā-bhāvā-dutpannasya (तथा-भावा-दुत्पन्नस्य) + kāraṇopapatterna (कारणोपपत्तेर्न) + kāraṇa-pratiṣedhaḥ (कारण-प्रतिषेधः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tathā-bhāvā-dutpannasya (तथा-भावा-दुत्पन्नस्य) | genitive singular | a compound: so, bhāvā (भावा), and dutpanna (दुत्पन्न). Read it from the end |
| kāraṇopapatterna (कारणोपपत्तेर्न) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| kāraṇa-pratiṣedhaḥ (कारण-प्रतिषेधः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: a cause, and a denial. Read it from the end |
The phrases
tathā-bhāvā-dutpannasya (तथा-भावा-दुत्पन्नस्य) is a compound: so, bhāvā (भावा), and dutpanna (दुत्पन्न). Read it from the end. It stands as genitive singular. kāraṇopapatterna (कारणोपपत्तेर्न) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
kāraṇa-pratiṣedhaḥ (कारण-प्रतिषेधः) is a compound: a cause, and a denial. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
tathā-bhāvā-dutpannasya (तथा-भावा-दुत्पन्नस्य) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tathā-bhāvā-dutpannasya (तथा-भावा-दुत्पन्नस्य) and kāraṇopapatterna (कारणोपपत्तेर्न).