2.2.5
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.2.5
अप्सु शीतता
apsu śītatā
The line
apsu (अप्सु), śītata (शीतत).
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. tejasa (तेजस) from 2.2.4 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: apsu (अप्सु) + śītatā (शीतता)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| apsu (अप्सु) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| śītatā (शीतता) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | śītata (शीतत) |
The phrases
apsu (अप्सु) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
śītatā (शीतता) is śītata (शीतत). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular.
Sanskrit in this line
śītatā (शीतता) is nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss apsu (अप्सु) and śītatā (शीतता).