1.2.14
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.2.14
सामान्यविशेषाभावेन च
sāmānyaviśeṣābhāvena ca
The line
And qualityness is declared by that same absence.
नेपालीमा
र गुणत्व त्यही अभावले भनिन्छ।
Where it sits
Next, action. The pattern is presence, then refrain.
Split: sāmānya-viśeṣa-abhāvena (सामान्य-विशेष-अभावेन) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sāmānya-viśeṣa-abhāvena (सामान्य-विशेष-अभावेन) | instrumental singular, neuter | by the absence of another universal-particular. |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
The phrases
The subject is guṇatvam (गुणत्वम्) from 1.2.13.
Say it with the subject, or the line is identical to 1.2.10 and 1.2.12 and teaches nothing.
Sanskrit in this line
Three identical sūtras (सूत्र), three subjects. The identity is the teaching: the negative mark is the same, and the positive mark was the previous line.
Say it back
Subject?