2.1.2
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.1.2
रूपरसस्पर्शवत्य आपो द्रवाः स्निग्धाः
rūparasasparśavatya āpo dravāḥ snigdhāḥ
The line
A compound: a form, taste, touch, and vatya (वत्य), āpo (आपो), drava (द्रव), snigdha (स्निग्ध).
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: rūpa-rasa-sparśa-vatya (रूप-रस-स्पर्श-वत्य) + āpo (आपो) + dravāḥ (द्रवाः) + snigdhāḥ (स्निग्धाः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| rūpa-rasa-sparśa-vatya (रूप-रस-स्पर्श-वत्य) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: a form, taste, touch, and vatya (वत्य). Read it from the end |
| āpo (आपो) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| dravāḥ (द्रवाः) | nominative plural | drava (द्रव) |
| snigdhāḥ (स्निग्धाः) | nominative plural | snigdha (स्निग्ध) |
The phrases
rūpa-rasa-sparśa-vatya (रूप-रस-स्पर्श-वत्य) is a compound: a form, taste, touch, and vatya (वत्य). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. āpo (आपो) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
dravāḥ (द्रवाः) is drava (द्रव). It stands as nominative plural. snigdhāḥ (स्निग्धाः) is snigdha (स्निग्ध). It stands as nominative plural.
Sanskrit in this line
rūpa-rasa-sparśa-vatya (रूप-रस-स्पर्श-वत्य) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss rūpa-rasa-sparśa-vatya (रूप-रस-स्पर्श-वत्य) and āpo (आपो).
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