7.2.16
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.2.16
निष्क्रियत्वात्
niṣkriyatvāt
The line
Because of niṣkriyatva (निष्क्रियत्व).
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. guṇo (गुणो) from 7.2.15 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: niṣkriyatvāt (निष्क्रियत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| niṣkriyatvāt (निष्क्रियत्वात्) | ablative singular | niṣkriyatva (निष्क्रियत्व) |
The phrases
niṣkriyatvāt (निष्क्रियत्वात्) is niṣkriyatva (निष्क्रियत्व). It stands as ablative singular.
Hold the words in that order. The English of the whole line comes after them.
Sanskrit in this line
niṣkriyatvāt (निष्क्रियत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss niṣkriyatvāt (निष्क्रियत्वात्).
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7.2.17. In what is not, is not thus and, because of from the use.