7.1.11
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.1.11
अणु महदिति तस्मिन् विशेषभावात् विशेषाभावाच्च
aṇu mahaditi tasmin viśeṣabhāvāt viśeṣābhāvācca
The line
An atom, in mahadita (महदित), in in that, because of a compound: a difference, and a state, viśeṣābhāvācca (विशेषाभावाच्च).
Where it sits
In Vaiśeṣika (वैशेषिक) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 7. The qualities, taken up again: number, measure, conjunction, and the rest. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: aṇu (अणु) + mahaditi (महदिति) + tasmin (तस्मिन्) + viśeṣa-bhāvāt (विशेष-भावात्) + viśeṣābhāvācca (विशेषाभावाच्च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| aṇu (अणु) | the stem, as the line writes it | an atom |
| mahaditi (महदिति) | locative singular, or nominative singular | mahadita (महदित) |
| tasmin (तस्मिन्) | locative singular | in that |
| viśeṣa-bhāvāt (विशेष-भावात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a difference, and a state. Read it from the end |
| viśeṣābhāvācca (विशेषाभावाच्च) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
The phrases
aṇu (अणु) is an atom. It stands as the stem, as the line writes it. mahaditi (महदिति) is mahadita (महदित). It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular. tasmin (तस्मिन्) is in that. It stands as locative singular.
viśeṣa-bhāvāt (विशेष-भावात्) is a compound: a difference, and a state. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. viśeṣābhāvācca (विशेषाभावाच्च) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
Sanskrit in this line
viśeṣābhāvācca (विशेषाभावाच्च) 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 aṇu (अणु) and mahaditi (महदिति).
Next
7.1.12. Because of a compound: one, time, and the state of being that.