7.2.22
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.2.22
कारणपरत्वात् कारणापरत्वाच्च
kāraṇaparatvāt kāraṇāparatvācca
The line
Because of a compound: a cause, and priority, a compound: kāraṇā (कारणा), another, the higher, 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. ekadi-kkābhyā-meka-kālābhyāṃ (एकदि-क्काभ्या-मेक-कालाभ्यां) from 7.2.21 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-paratvāt (कारण-परत्वात्) + kāraṇā-para-tvācca (कारणा-पर-त्वाच्च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kāraṇa-paratvāt (कारण-परत्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a cause, and priority. Read it from the end |
| kāraṇā-para-tvācca (कारणा-पर-त्वाच्च) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: kāraṇā (कारणा), another, the higher, and tvācca (त्वाच्च). Read it from the end |
The phrases
kāraṇa-paratvāt (कारण-परत्वात्) is a compound: a cause, and priority. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
kāraṇā-para-tvācca (कारणा-पर-त्वाच्च) is a compound: kāraṇā (कारणा), another, the higher, and tvācca (त्वाच्च). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
Sanskrit in this line
kāraṇā-para-tvācca (कारणा-पर-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-paratvāt (कारण-परत्वात्) and kāraṇā-para-tvācca (कारणा-पर-त्वाच्च).