5.2.18
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 5 / 5.2.18
अविज्ञातम् च अज्ञानम्
avijñātam ca ajñānam
The line
Not yet known and, not-knowing.
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 line is short. vijñātasya (विज्ञातस्य) from 5.2.17 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: avijñātam (अविज्ञातम्) + ca (च) + ajñānam (अज्ञानम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| avijñātam (अविज्ञातम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | not yet known |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| ajñānam (अज्ञानम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | not-knowing |
The phrases
avijñātam (अविज्ञातम्) is not yet known. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
ajñānam (अज्ञानम्) is not-knowing. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
avijñātam (अविज्ञातम्) is nominative or accusative singular, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss avijñātam (अविज्ञातम्) and ajñānam (अज्ञानम्).
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5.2.19. Of the later, failure to understand, apratibha (अप्रतिभ).