5.1.24
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 5 / 5.1.24
क्वचिद्धर्मानुपपत्तेः क्वचिच्चोपपत्तेः प्रतिषेधाभावः
kvaciddharmānupapatteḥ kvaciccopapatteḥ pratiṣedhābhāvaḥ
The line
Of kvaciddharmānupapatta (क्वचिद्धर्मानुपपत्त), of kvaciccopapatta (क्वचिच्चोपपत्त), a compound: a denial, and absence.
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: kvaciddharmānupapatteḥ (क्वचिद्धर्मानुपपत्तेः) + kvaciccopapatteḥ (क्वचिच्चोपपत्तेः) + pratiṣedha-abhāvaḥ (प्रतिषेध-अभावः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kvaciddharmānupapatteḥ (क्वचिद्धर्मानुपपत्तेः) | genitive or ablative singular | kvaciddharmānupapatta (क्वचिद्धर्मानुपपत्त) |
| kvaciccopapatteḥ (क्वचिच्चोपपत्तेः) | genitive or ablative singular | kvaciccopapatta (क्वचिच्चोपपत्त) |
| pratiṣedha-abhāvaḥ (प्रतिषेध-अभावः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: a denial, and absence. Read it from the end |
The phrases
kvaciddharmānupapatteḥ (क्वचिद्धर्मानुपपत्तेः) is kvaciddharmānupapatta (क्वचिद्धर्मानुपपत्त). It stands as genitive or ablative singular. kvaciccopapatteḥ (क्वचिच्चोपपत्तेः) is kvaciccopapatta (क्वचिच्चोपपत्त). It stands as genitive or ablative singular.
pratiṣedha-abhāvaḥ (प्रतिषेध-अभावः) is a compound: a denial, and absence. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
kvaciddharmānupapatteḥ (क्वचिद्धर्मानुपपत्तेः) is genitive or ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kvaciddharmānupapatteḥ (क्वचिद्धर्मानुपपत्तेः) and kvaciccopapatteḥ (क्वचिच्चोपपत्तेः).