2.2.24
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.2.24
नापि कर्माचाक्षुषत्वात्
nāpi karmācākṣuṣatvāt
The line
Not even, because of karmācākṣuṣatva (कर्माचाक्षुषत्व).
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. ekadravyatvānna (एकद्रव्यत्वान्न) from 2.2.23 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: na (न) + api (अपि) + karmācākṣuṣatvāt (कर्माचाक्षुषत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| karmācākṣuṣatvāt (कर्माचाक्षुषत्वात्) | ablative singular | karmācākṣuṣatva (कर्माचाक्षुषत्व) |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as nāpi (नापि).
karmācākṣuṣatvāt (कर्माचाक्षुषत्वात्) is karmācākṣuṣatva (कर्माचाक्षुषत्व). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
karmācākṣuṣatvāt (कर्माचाक्षुषत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as nāpi (नापि).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss karmācākṣuṣatvāt (कर्माचाक्षुषत्वात्).
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