5.2.4
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 5 / 5.2.4
द्रवत्वात् स्यन्दनम्
dravatvāt syandanam
The line
Because of fluidity, syandana (स्यन्दन).
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. apāṃ (अपां) from 5.2.3 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: dravatvāt (द्रवत्वात्) + syandanam (स्यन्दनम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| dravatvāt (द्रवत्वात्) | ablative singular | fluidity |
| syandanam (स्यन्दनम्) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | syandana (स्यन्दन) |
The phrases
dravatvāt (द्रवत्वात्) is fluidity. It stands as ablative singular.
syandanam (स्यन्दनम्) is syandana (स्यन्दन). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
dravatvāt (द्रवत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss dravatvāt (द्रवत्वात्) and syandanam (स्यन्दनम्).
Next
5.2.5. Not aḍya (अड्य), a compound: air, saṃyo (संयो), gādā (गादा), and rohaṇa (रोहण).