7.1.13
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.1.13
दृष्टान्ताच्च
dṛṣṭāntācca
The line
dṛṣṭāntācca (दृष्टान्ताच्च).
Where it sits
In Vaiśeṣika (वैशेषिक) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 7. The qualities, taken up again: number, measure, conjunction, and the rest. The line is short. eka-kāla-tvāt (एक-काल-त्वात्) from 7.1.12 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: dṛṣṭāntācca (दृष्टान्ताच्च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| dṛṣṭāntācca (दृष्टान्ताच्च) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
The phrases
dṛṣṭāntācca (दृष्टान्ताच्च) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
Hold the words in that order. The English of the whole line comes after them.
Sanskrit in this line
dṛṣṭāntācca (दृष्टान्ताच्च) 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 dṛṣṭāntācca (दृष्टान्ताच्च).