2.1.9
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.1.9
स्पर्शश्च वायोः
sparśaśca vāyoḥ
The line
sparśaśca (स्पर्शश्च), of air.
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. viṣāṇī (विषाणी) from 2.1.8 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: sparśaśca (स्पर्शश्च) + vāyoḥ (वायोः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sparśaśca (स्पर्शश्च) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| vāyoḥ (वायोः) | genitive or ablative singular | air |
The phrases
sparśaśca (स्पर्शश्च) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
vāyoḥ (वायोः) is air. It stands as genitive or ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
sparśaśca (स्पर्शश्च) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sparśaśca (स्पर्शश्च) and vāyoḥ (वायोः).