2.2.17
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.2.17
सामान्यप्रत्यक्षाद्विशेषस्मृतेश्च संशयः
sāmānyapratyakṣādviśeṣasmṛteśca saṃśayaḥ
The line
A compound: a common case, toward, against, akṣādvi (अक्षाद्वि), the rest, what remains over, and smṛteśca (स्मृतेश्च), doubt.
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. etena (एतेन) from 2.2.16 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: sāmānya-prati-akṣādvi-śeṣa-smṛteśca (सामान्य-प्रति-अक्षाद्वि-शेष-स्मृतेश्च) + saṃśayaḥ (संशयः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sāmānya-prati-akṣādvi-śeṣa-smṛteśca (सामान्य-प्रति-अक्षाद्वि-शेष-स्मृतेश्च) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: a common case, toward, against, akṣādvi (अक्षाद्वि), the rest, what remains over, and smṛteśca (स्मृतेश्च). Read it from the end |
| saṃśayaḥ (संशयः) | nominative singular, masculine | doubt |
The phrases
sāmānya-prati-akṣādvi-śeṣa-smṛteśca (सामान्य-प्रति-अक्षाद्वि-शेष-स्मृतेश्च) is a compound: a common case, toward, against, akṣādvi (अक्षाद्वि), the rest, what remains over, and smṛteśca (स्मृतेश्च). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
saṃśayaḥ (संशयः) is doubt. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
sāmānya-prati-akṣādvi-śeṣa-smṛteśca (सामान्य-प्रति-अक्षाद्वि-शेष-स्मृतेश्च) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sāmānya-prati-akṣādvi-śeṣa-smṛteśca (सामान्य-प्रति-अक्षाद्वि-शेष-स्मृतेश्च) and saṃśayaḥ (संशयः).
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