2.1.18
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.1.18
संज्ञाकर्म त्वस्मद्विशिष्टानां लिङ्गम्
saṃjñākarma tvasmadviśiṣṭānāṃ liṅgam
The line
A compound: recognition, and action, of tvasmadviśiṣṭa (त्वस्मद्विशिष्ट), 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 words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: saṃjñā-karma (संज्ञा-कर्म) + tvasmadviśiṣṭānāṃ (त्वस्मद्विशिष्टानां) + liṅgam (लिङ्गम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| saṃjñā-karma (संज्ञा-कर्म) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: recognition, and action. Read it from the end |
| tvasmadviśiṣṭānāṃ (त्वस्मद्विशिष्टानां) | genitive plural | tvasmadviśiṣṭa (त्वस्मद्विशिष्ट) |
| liṅgam (लिङ्गम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a mark |
The phrases
saṃjñā-karma (संज्ञा-कर्म) is a compound: recognition, and action. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. tvasmadviśiṣṭānāṃ (त्वस्मद्विशिष्टानां) is tvasmadviśiṣṭa (त्वस्मद्विशिष्ट). It stands as genitive plural.
liṅgam (लिङ्गम्) is a mark. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
tvasmadviśiṣṭānāṃ (त्वस्मद्विशिष्टानां) is genitive plural. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss saṃjñā-karma (संज्ञा-कर्म) and tvasmadviśiṣṭānāṃ (त्वस्मद्विशिष्टानां).