2.1.14
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.1.14
वायोर्वायुसंमूर्छनं नानात्वलिङ्गम्
vāyorvāyusaṃmūrchanaṃ nānātvaliṅgam
The line
vāyorvāyusaṃmūrchana (वायोर्वायुसंमूर्छन), a compound: nānātva (नानात्व), and a mark.
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. adravyatvena (अद्रव्यत्वेन) from 2.1.13 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: vāyorvāyusaṃmūrchanaṃ (वायोर्वायुसंमूर्छनं) + nānātva-liṅgam (नानात्व-लिङ्गम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vāyorvāyusaṃmūrchanaṃ (वायोर्वायुसंमूर्छनं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | vāyorvāyusaṃmūrchana (वायोर्वायुसंमूर्छन) |
| nānātva-liṅgam (नानात्व-लिङ्गम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: nānātva (नानात्व), and a mark. Read it from the end |
The phrases
vāyorvāyusaṃmūrchanaṃ (वायोर्वायुसंमूर्छनं) is vāyorvāyusaṃmūrchana (वायोर्वायुसंमूर्छन). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
nānātva-liṅgam (नानात्व-लिङ्गम्) is a compound: nānātva (नानात्व), and a mark. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
vāyorvāyusaṃmūrchanaṃ (वायोर्वायुसंमूर्छनं) is accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vāyorvāyusaṃmūrchanaṃ (वायोर्वायुसंमूर्छनं) and nānātva-liṅgam (नानात्व-लिङ्गम्).