3.2.20
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.2.20
व्यवस्थातो नाना
vyavasthāto nānā
The line
vyavasthāta (व्यवस्थात), not, not.
Where it sits
In Vaiśeṣika (वैशेषिक) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 3. The objects of the senses are established, and the self is inferred. The line is short. sukha-duḥkha (सुख-दुःख) from 3.2.19 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: vyavasthāto (व्यवस्थातो) + nā (ना) + nā (ना)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vyavasthāto (व्यवस्थातो) | nominative singular, masculine | vyavasthāta (व्यवस्थात) |
| nā (ना) | indeclinable | not |
| nā (ना) | indeclinable | not |
The phrases
vyavasthāto (व्यवस्थातो) is vyavasthāta (व्यवस्थात). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. nā (ना) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
nā (ना) is not. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as nānā (नाना).
Sanskrit in this line
vyavasthāto (व्यवस्थातो) is nominative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as nānā (नाना).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vyavasthāto (व्यवस्थातो).
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