5.2.19
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 5 / 5.2.19
उत्तरस्य अप्रतिपत्तिः अप्रतिभा
uttarasya apratipattiḥ apratibhā
The line
Of the later, failure to understand, apratibha (अप्रतिभ).
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: uttarasya (उत्तरस्य) + apratipattiḥ (अप्रतिपत्तिः) + apratibhā (अप्रतिभा)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| uttarasya (उत्तरस्य) | genitive singular | the later |
| apratipattiḥ (अप्रतिपत्तिः) | nominative singular | failure to understand |
| apratibhā (अप्रतिभा) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | apratibha (अप्रतिभ) |
The phrases
uttarasya (उत्तरस्य) is the later. It stands as genitive singular. apratipattiḥ (अप्रतिपत्तिः) is failure to understand. It stands as nominative singular.
apratibhā (अप्रतिभा) is apratibha (अप्रतिभ). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular.
Sanskrit in this line
apratipattiḥ (अप्रतिपत्तिः) is nominative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss uttarasya (उत्तरस्य) and apratipattiḥ (अप्रतिपत्तिः).