5.2.16
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 5 / 5.2.16
अर्थातापन्नस्य स्वशब्देन पुनर्वचनम्
arthāt āpannasya svaśabdena punarvacanam
The line
Because of from the meaning, from the thing, of āpanna (आपन्न), by means of a compound: one's own, and a word, saying again.
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: arthāt (अर्थात्) + āpannasya (आपन्नस्य) + sva-śabdena (स्व-शब्देन) + punarvacanam (पुनर्वचनम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| arthāt (अर्थात्) | ablative singular | from the meaning, from the thing |
| āpannasya (आपन्नस्य) | genitive singular | āpanna (आपन्न) |
| sva-śabdena (स्व-शब्देन) | instrumental singular | a compound: one's own, and a word. Read it from the end |
| punarvacanam (पुनर्वचनम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | saying again |
The phrases
arthāt (अर्थात्) is from the meaning, from the thing. It stands as ablative singular. āpannasya (आपन्नस्य) is āpanna (आपन्न). It stands as genitive singular.
sva-śabdena (स्व-शब्देन) is a compound: one's own, and a word. Read it from the end. It stands as instrumental singular. punarvacanam (पुनर्वचनम्) is saying again. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
punarvacanam (पुनर्वचनम्) is nominative or accusative singular, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss arthāt (अर्थात्) and āpannasya (आपन्नस्य).