7.1.20
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.1.20
नित्यं परिमण्डलम्
nityaṃ parimaṇḍalam
The line
Always, parimaṇḍala (परिमण्डल).
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. nitye (नित्ये) from 7.1.19 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: nityaṃ (नित्यं) + parimaṇḍalam (परिमण्डलम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| nityaṃ (नित्यं) | indeclinable | always |
| parimaṇḍalam (परिमण्डलम्) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | parimaṇḍala (परिमण्डल) |
The phrases
nityaṃ (नित्यं) is always. It stands as indeclinable.
parimaṇḍalam (परिमण्डलम्) is parimaṇḍala (परिमण्डल). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
parimaṇḍalam (परिमण्डलम्) is accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss nityaṃ (नित्यं) and parimaṇḍalam (परिमण्डलम्).