5.2.25
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 5 / 5.2.25
हेत्वाभासाः च यथोक्ताः
hetvābhāsāḥ ca yathoktāḥ
The line
A seeming reason and, as stated.
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. siddhāntam (सिद्धान्तम्) from 5.2.24 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: hetvābhāsāḥ (हेत्वाभासाः) + ca (च) + yathoktāḥ (यथोक्ताः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| hetvābhāsāḥ (हेत्वाभासाः) | nominative plural | a seeming reason |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| yathoktāḥ (यथोक्ताः) | nominative plural | as stated |
The phrases
hetvābhāsāḥ (हेत्वाभासाः) is a seeming reason. It stands as nominative plural. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
yathoktāḥ (यथोक्ताः) is as stated. It stands as nominative plural.
Sanskrit in this line
hetvābhāsāḥ (हेत्वाभासाः) is nominative plural. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss hetvābhāsāḥ (हेत्वाभासाः) and yathoktāḥ (यथोक्ताः).