7.1.9
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.1.9
कारण बहुत्वाच्च
kāraṇa bahutvācca
The line
A cause, a compound: many, and tvācca (त्वाच्च).
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. aṇormahataścopalabdhyanupalabdhī (अणोर्महतश्चोपलब्ध्यनुपलब्धी) from 7.1.8 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: kāraṇa (कारण) + bahu-tvācca (बहु-त्वाच्च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kāraṇa (कारण) | the stem, as the line writes it | a cause |
| bahu-tvācca (बहु-त्वाच्च) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: many, and tvācca (त्वाच्च). Read it from the end |
The phrases
kāraṇa (कारण) is a cause. It stands as the stem, as the line writes it.
bahu-tvācca (बहु-त्वाच्च) is a compound: many, and tvācca (त्वाच्च). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
Sanskrit in this line
bahu-tvācca (बहु-त्वाच्च) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kāraṇa (कारण) and bahu-tvācca (बहु-त्वाच्च).
Next
7.1.10. Therefore. ataḥ (अतः) before a voiced sound, viparitamaṇu (विपरितमणु).