7.1.25
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.1.25
कारणेन कालः
kāraṇena kālaḥ
The line
By means of a cause, time.
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. guṇairdigvyākhyātā (गुणैर्दिग्व्याख्याता) from 7.1.24 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: kāraṇena (कारणेन) + kālaḥ (कालः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kāraṇena (कारणेन) | instrumental singular | a cause |
| kālaḥ (कालः) | nominative singular, masculine | time |
The phrases
kāraṇena (कारणेन) is a cause. It stands as instrumental singular.
kālaḥ (कालः) is time. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
kāraṇena (कारणेन) is instrumental singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kāraṇena (कारणेन) and kālaḥ (कालः).