2.2.37
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.2.37
संख्याभावः सामान्यतः
saṃkhyābhāvaḥ sāmānyataḥ
The line
A compound: number, and absence, a compound: a common case, and taḥa (तःअ).
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. sandigdhāḥ (सन्दिग्धाः) from 2.2.36 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: saṃkhyā-abhāvaḥ (संख्या-अभावः) + sāmānya-taḥa (सामान्य-तःअ)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| saṃkhyā-abhāvaḥ (संख्या-अभावः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: number, and absence. Read it from the end |
| sāmānya-taḥa (सामान्य-तःअ) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: a common case, and taḥa (तःअ). Read it from the end |
The phrases
saṃkhyā-abhāvaḥ (संख्या-अभावः) is a compound: number, and absence. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
sāmānya-taḥa (सामान्य-तःअ) is a compound: a common case, and taḥa (तःअ). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
Sanskrit in this line
saṃkhyā-abhāvaḥ (संख्या-अभावः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss saṃkhyā-abhāvaḥ (संख्या-अभावः) and sāmānya-taḥa (सामान्य-तःअ).
Next
3.1.1. Already familiar, a compound: a sense, and a thing, a meaning.