2.2.36
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.2.36
सन्दिग्धाः सति बहुत्वे
sandigdhāḥ sati bahutve
The line
sandigdha (सन्दिग्ध), in when it is, it being so, in being many.
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: sandigdhāḥ (सन्दिग्धाः) + sati (सति) + bahutve (बहुत्वे)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sandigdhāḥ (सन्दिग्धाः) | nominative plural | sandigdha (सन्दिग्ध) |
| sati (सति) | locative singular, present participle | when it is, it being so |
| bahutve (बहुत्वे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | being many |
The phrases
sandigdhāḥ (सन्दिग्धाः) is sandigdha (सन्दिग्ध). It stands as nominative plural. sati (सति) is when it is, it being so. It stands as locative singular, present participle.
bahutve (बहुत्वे) is being many. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
sandigdhāḥ (सन्दिग्धाः) is nominative plural. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sandigdhāḥ (सन्दिग्धाः) and sati (सति).
Next
2.2.37. A compound: number, and absence, a compound: a common case, and taḥa (तःअ).