7.2.19
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.2.19
संयोगिनो दण्डात् समवायिनो विशेषाच्च
saṃyogino daṇḍāt samavāyino viśeṣācca
The line
saṃyogina (संयोगिन), because of daṇḍa (दण्ड), a compound: an equalizing, a rejoinder that turns an example back, and vāyina (वायिन), viśeṣācca (विशेषाच्च).
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: saṃyogino (संयोगिनो) + daṇḍāt (दण्डात्) + sama-vāyinaḥ (सम-वायिनः) + viśeṣācca (विशेषाच्च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| saṃyogino (संयोगिनो) | nominative singular, masculine | saṃyogina (संयोगिन) |
| daṇḍāt (दण्डात्) | ablative singular | daṇḍa (दण्ड) |
| sama-vāyinaḥ (सम-वायिनः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: an equalizing, a rejoinder that turns an example back, and vāyina (वायिन). Read it from the end |
| viśeṣācca (विशेषाच्च) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
The phrases
saṃyogino (संयोगिनो) is saṃyogina (संयोगिन). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. daṇḍāt (दण्डात्) is daṇḍa (दण्ड). It stands as ablative singular.
sama-vāyinaḥ (सम-वायिनः) is a compound: an equalizing, a rejoinder that turns an example back, and vāyina (वायिन). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it samavāyino (समवायिनो). viśeṣācca (विशेषाच्च) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
Sanskrit in this line
sama-vāyinaḥ (सम-वायिनः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it samavāyino (समवायिनो).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss saṃyogino (संयोगिनो) and daṇḍāt (दण्डात्).
Next
7.2.20. sāmayika (सामयिक), a compound: śabdā (शब्दा), dartha (दर्थ), and a condition.