5.2.25
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 5 / 5.2.25
गुणैर्दिक् व्याख्याता
guṇairdik vyākhyātā
The line
guṇairdik (गुणैर्दिक्), explained.
Where it sits
In Vaiśeṣika (वैशेषिक) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 5. Action: movement in the hand, and what sets a thing moving. The line is short. kāraṇaṃ (कारणं) from 5.2.24 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: guṇairdik (गुणैर्दिक्) + vyākhyātā (व्याख्याता)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| guṇairdik (गुणैर्दिक्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| vyākhyātā (व्याख्याता) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | explained |
The phrases
guṇairdik (गुणैर्दिक्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
vyākhyātā (व्याख्याता) is explained. It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular.
Sanskrit in this line
guṇairdik (गुणैर्दिक्) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss guṇairdik (गुणैर्दिक्) and vyākhyātā (व्याख्याता).