2.1.11
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.1.11
अद्रव्यवत्त्वेन द्रव्यम्
adravyavattvena dravyam
The line
By means of adravyavattva (अद्रव्यवत्त्व), a substance.
Where it sits
In Vaiśeṣika (वैशेषिक) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 2. Earth, water, fire, air, and the qualities that mark them. Then ether, time, and space. The line is short. dṛṣṭānāṃ (दृष्टानां) from 2.1.10 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: adravyavattvena (अद्रव्यवत्त्वेन) + dravyam (द्रव्यम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| adravyavattvena (अद्रव्यवत्त्वेन) | instrumental singular | adravyavattva (अद्रव्यवत्त्व) |
| dravyam (द्रव्यम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a substance |
The phrases
adravyavattvena (अद्रव्यवत्त्वेन) is adravyavattva (अद्रव्यवत्त्व). It stands as instrumental singular.
dravyam (द्रव्यम्) is a substance. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
adravyavattvena (अद्रव्यवत्त्वेन) is instrumental singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss adravyavattvena (अद्रव्यवत्त्वेन) and dravyam (द्रव्यम्).