2.2.23
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.2.23
एकद्रव्यत्वान्न द्रव्यम्
ekadravyatvānna dravyam
The line
ekadravyatvānna (एकद्रव्यत्वान्न), a substance.
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. tulya-jātī-yeṣva-rthā-ntara-bhūteṣu (तुल्य-जाती-येष्व-र्था-न्तर-भूतेषु) from 2.2.22 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: ekadravyatvānna (एकद्रव्यत्वान्न) + dravyam (द्रव्यम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ekadravyatvānna (एकद्रव्यत्वान्न) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| dravyam (द्रव्यम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a substance |
The phrases
ekadravyatvānna (एकद्रव्यत्वान्न) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
dravyam (द्रव्यम्) is a substance. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
ekadravyatvānna (एकद्रव्यत्वान्न) 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 ekadravyatvānna (एकद्रव्यत्वान्न) and dravyam (द्रव्यम्).
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