5.2.17
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 5 / 5.2.17
विज्ञातस्य परिषदा त्रिः अभिहितस्य अपि अप्रत्युच्चारणमननुभाषणम्
vijñātasya pariṣadā triḥ abhihitasya api apratyuccāraṇam ananubhāṣaṇam
The line
Of vijñāta (विज्ञात), pariṣada (परिषद), three, of said even, apratyuccāraṇa (अप्रत्युच्चारण), ananubhāṣaṇa (अननुभाषण).
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: vijñātasya (विज्ञातस्य) + pariṣadā (परिषदा) + triḥ (त्रिः) + abhihitasya (अभिहितस्य) + api (अपि) + apratyuccāraṇam (अप्रत्युच्चारणम्) + ananubhāṣaṇam (अननुभाषणम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vijñātasya (विज्ञातस्य) | genitive singular | vijñāta (विज्ञात) |
| pariṣadā (परिषदा) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | pariṣada (परिषद) |
| triḥ (त्रिः) | nominative singular | three |
| abhihitasya (अभिहितस्य) | genitive singular | said |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| apratyuccāraṇam (अप्रत्युच्चारणम्) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | apratyuccāraṇa (अप्रत्युच्चारण) |
| ananubhāṣaṇam (अननुभाषणम्) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | ananubhāṣaṇa (अननुभाषण) |
The phrases
vijñātasya (विज्ञातस्य) is vijñāta (विज्ञात). It stands as genitive singular. pariṣadā (परिषदा) is pariṣada (परिषद). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. triḥ (त्रिः) is three. It stands as nominative singular. abhihitasya (अभिहितस्य) is said. It stands as genitive singular.
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. apratyuccāraṇam (अप्रत्युच्चारणम्) is apratyuccāraṇa (अप्रत्युच्चारण). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. ananubhāṣaṇam (अननुभाषणम्) is ananubhāṣaṇa (अननुभाषण). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
apratyuccāraṇam (अप्रत्युच्चारणम्) is accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vijñātasya (विज्ञातस्य) and pariṣadā (परिषदा).