2.1.15
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.1.15
वायुसन्निकर्षे प्रत्यक्षाभावात् दृष्टं लिङ्गं न विद्यते
vāyusannikarṣe pratyakṣābhāvāt dṛṣṭaṃ liṅgaṃ na vidyate
The line
In a compound: air, and contact, because of a compound: direct, and absence, seen, a mark, not is found.
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 words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: vāyu-sannikarṣe (वायु-सन्निकर्षे) + pratyakṣa-abhāvāt (प्रत्यक्ष-अभावात्) + dṛṣṭaṃ (दृष्टं) + liṅgaṃ (लिङ्गं) + na (न) + vidyate (विद्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vāyu-sannikarṣe (वायु-सन्निकर्षे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: air, and contact. Read it from the end |
| pratyakṣa-abhāvāt (प्रत्यक्ष-अभावात्) | ablative singular | a compound: direct, and absence. Read it from the end |
| dṛṣṭaṃ (दृष्टं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | seen |
| liṅgaṃ (लिङ्गं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a mark |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| vidyate (विद्यते) | present, third person singular | is found |
The phrases
vāyu-sannikarṣe (वायु-सन्निकर्षे) is a compound: air, and contact. Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. pratyakṣa-abhāvāt (प्रत्यक्ष-अभावात्) is a compound: direct, and absence. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. dṛṣṭaṃ (दृष्टं) is seen. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
liṅgaṃ (लिङ्गं) is a mark. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. vidyate (विद्यते) is is found. It stands as present, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
pratyakṣa-abhāvāt (प्रत्यक्ष-अभावात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vāyu-sannikarṣe (वायु-सन्निकर्षे) and pratyakṣa-abhāvāt (प्रत्यक्ष-अभावात्).
Next
2.1.16. sāmānyata (सामान्यत), a compound: dṛṣṭāccā (दृष्टाच्चा), and a difference.