2.2.1
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.2.1
पुष्पवस्त्रयोः सति सन्निकर्षे गुणान्तराप्रादुर्भावो वस्त्रे गन्धाभावलिङ्गम्
puṣpavastrayoḥ sati sannikarṣe guṇāntarāprādurbhāvo vastre gandhābhāvaliṅgam
The line
Of puṣpavastra (पुष्पवस्त्र), in when it is, it being so, in contact, guṇāntarāprādurbhāva (गुणान्तराप्रादुर्भाव), in vastra (वस्त्र), a compound: smell, absence, 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 words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: puṣpavastrayoḥ (पुष्पवस्त्रयोः) + sati (सति) + sannikarṣe (सन्निकर्षे) + guṇāntarāprādurbhāvo (गुणान्तराप्रादुर्भावो) + vastre (वस्त्रे) + gandha-abhāva-liṅgam (गन्ध-अभाव-लिङ्गम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| puṣpavastrayoḥ (पुष्पवस्त्रयोः) | genitive or locative dual | puṣpavastra (पुष्पवस्त्र) |
| sati (सति) | locative singular, present participle | when it is, it being so |
| sannikarṣe (सन्निकर्षे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | contact |
| guṇāntarāprādurbhāvo (गुणान्तराप्रादुर्भावो) | nominative singular, masculine | guṇāntarāprādurbhāva (गुणान्तराप्रादुर्भाव) |
| vastre (वस्त्रे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | vastra (वस्त्र) |
| gandha-abhāva-liṅgam (गन्ध-अभाव-लिङ्गम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: smell, absence, and a mark. Read it from the end |
The phrases
puṣpavastrayoḥ (पुष्पवस्त्रयोः) is puṣpavastra (पुष्पवस्त्र). It stands as genitive or locative dual. sati (सति) is when it is, it being so. It stands as locative singular, present participle. sannikarṣe (सन्निकर्षे) is contact. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
guṇāntarāprādurbhāvo (गुणान्तराप्रादुर्भावो) is guṇāntarāprādurbhāva (गुणान्तराप्रादुर्भाव). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. vastre (वस्त्रे) is vastra (वस्त्र). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. gandha-abhāva-liṅgam (गन्ध-अभाव-लिङ्गम्) is a compound: smell, absence, and a mark. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
guṇāntarāprādurbhāvo (गुणान्तराप्रादुर्भावो) is nominative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss puṣpavastrayoḥ (पुष्पवस्त्रयोः) and sati (सति).