4.2.11
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.2.11
वेदलिङ्गाच्च
vedaliṅgācca
The line
A compound: the Veda, and liṅgācca (लिङ्गाच्च).
Where it sits
In Vaiśeṣika (वैशेषिक) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 4. The eternal and the non-eternal. Atoms. The body. The line is short. santi-ayonijāḥ (सन्ति-अयोनिजाः) from 4.2.10 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: veda-liṅgācca (वेद-लिङ्गाच्च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| veda-liṅgācca (वेद-लिङ्गाच्च) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: the Veda, and liṅgācca (लिङ्गाच्च). Read it from the end |
The phrases
veda-liṅgācca (वेद-लिङ्गाच्च) is a compound: the Veda, and liṅgācca (लिङ्गाच्च). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
Hold the words in that order. The English of the whole line comes after them.
Sanskrit in this line
veda-liṅgācca (वेद-लिङ्गाच्च) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss veda-liṅgācca (वेद-लिङ्गाच्च).
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5.1.1. A compound: ātma (आत्म), and conjunction, by means of effort, in hasta (हस्त), an action.