1.2.16
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.2.16
सामान्यविशेषाभावेन च
sāmānyaviśeṣābhāvena ca
The line
And actionness is declared by that same absence.
नेपालीमा
र कर्मत्व त्यही अभावले भनिन्छ।
Where it sits
The second day's lesson has one line left. It is about sattā (सत्ता) again, and it says the universal is one.
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 karmatvam from 1.2.15.
This is the last time the refrain is used. Four uses: sattā (सत्ता), dravyatva, guṇatva (गुणत्व), karmatva. Only the first of them is a universal that is not also a particular.
Sanskrit in this line
If you cannot name the subject, you have lost the line. The words will not tell you.
Say it back
Four subjects of this refrain, in order.