7.2.17
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.2.17
असति नास्तीति च प्रयोगात्
asati nāstīti ca prayogāt
The line
In what is not, is not thus and, because of from the use.
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: asati (असति) + nāsti (नास्ति) + iti (इति) + ca (च) + prayogāt (प्रयोगात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| asati (असति) | locative singular, or nominative singular | what is not |
| nāsti (नास्ति) | present, third person singular | is not |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| prayogāt (प्रयोगात्) | ablative singular | from the use |
The phrases
asati (असति) is what is not. It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular. nāsti (नास्ति) is is not. It stands as present, third person singular. iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as nāstīti (नास्तीति).
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. prayogāt (प्रयोगात्) is from the use. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
prayogāt (प्रयोगात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as nāstīti (नास्तीति).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss asati (असति) and nāsti (नास्ति).
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