7.1.17
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.1.17
एतेन दीर्घत्व ह्रस्वत्वे व्याख्याते
etena dīrghatva hrasvatve vyākhyāte
The line
By means of by this, dīrghatva (दीर्घत्व), in hrasvatva (ह्रस्वत्व), in explained.
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: etena (एतेन) + dīrghatva (दीर्घत्व) + hrasvatve (ह्रस्वत्वे) + vyākhyāte (व्याख्याते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| etena (एतेन) | instrumental singular | by this |
| dīrghatva (दीर्घत्व) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| hrasvatve (ह्रस्वत्वे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | hrasvatva (ह्रस्वत्व) |
| vyākhyāte (व्याख्याते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | explained |
The phrases
etena (एतेन) is by this. It stands as instrumental singular. dīrghatva (दीर्घत्व) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
hrasvatve (ह्रस्वत्वे) is hrasvatva (ह्रस्वत्व). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. vyākhyāte (व्याख्याते) is explained. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
dīrghatva (दीर्घत्व) 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 etena (एतेन) and dīrghatva (दीर्घत्व).