7.2.21
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.2.21
एकदिक्काभ्यामेककालाभ्यां सन्निकृष्टविप्रकृष्टाभ्यां परमपरञ्च
ekadikkābhyāmekakālābhyāṃ sannikṛṣṭaviprakṛṣṭābhyāṃ paramaparañca
The line
By means of a compound: ekadi (एकदि), kkābhyā (क्काभ्या), meka (मेक), and time, by means of sannikṛṣṭaviprakṛṣṭa (सन्निकृष्टविप्रकृष्ट), a compound: the highest, and parañca (परञ्च).
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: ekadi-kkābhyā-meka-kālābhyāṃ (एकदि-क्काभ्या-मेक-कालाभ्यां) + sannikṛṣṭaviprakṛṣṭābhyāṃ (सन्निकृष्टविप्रकृष्टाभ्यां) + parama-parañca (परम-परञ्च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ekadi-kkābhyā-meka-kālābhyāṃ (एकदि-क्काभ्या-मेक-कालाभ्यां) | instrumental, dative, or ablative dual | a compound: ekadi (एकदि), kkābhyā (क्काभ्या), meka (मेक), and time. Read it from the end |
| sannikṛṣṭaviprakṛṣṭābhyāṃ (सन्निकृष्टविप्रकृष्टाभ्यां) | instrumental, dative, or ablative dual | sannikṛṣṭaviprakṛṣṭa (सन्निकृष्टविप्रकृष्ट) |
| parama-parañca (परम-परञ्च) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: the highest, and parañca (परञ्च). Read it from the end |
The phrases
ekadi-kkābhyā-meka-kālābhyāṃ (एकदि-क्काभ्या-मेक-कालाभ्यां) is a compound: ekadi (एकदि), kkābhyā (क्काभ्या), meka (मेक), and time. Read it from the end. It stands as instrumental, dative, or ablative dual. sannikṛṣṭaviprakṛṣṭābhyāṃ (सन्निकृष्टविप्रकृष्टाभ्यां) is sannikṛṣṭaviprakṛṣṭa (सन्निकृष्टविप्रकृष्ट). It stands as instrumental, dative, or ablative dual.
parama-parañca (परम-परञ्च) is a compound: the highest, and parañca (परञ्च). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
Sanskrit in this line
ekadi-kkābhyā-meka-kālābhyāṃ (एकदि-क्काभ्या-मेक-कालाभ्यां) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ekadi-kkābhyā-meka-kālābhyāṃ (एकदि-क्काभ्या-मेक-कालाभ्यां) and sannikṛṣṭaviprakṛṣṭābhyāṃ (सन्निकृष्टविप्रकृष्टाभ्यां).