6.2.9
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.2.9
असति चाभावात्
asati cābhāvāt
The line
In what is not and, because of because of absence.
Where it sits
In Vaiśeṣika (वैशेषिक) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 6. The Veda's sentences, and how dharma (धर्म) and adharma (अधर्म) are known. The line is short. ayatasya (अयतस्य) from 6.2.8 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: asati (असति) + ca (च) + abhāvāt (अभावात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| asati (असति) | locative singular, or nominative singular | what is not |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| abhāvāt (अभावात्) | ablative singular | because of absence |
The phrases
asati (असति) is what is not. It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
abhāvāt (अभावात्) is because of absence. It stands as ablative singular. The line joins them as cābhāvāt (चाभावात्).
Sanskrit in this line
abhāvāt (अभावात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as cābhāvāt (चाभावात्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss asati (असति) and abhāvāt (अभावात्).