7.2.25
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.2.25
गुणैर्गुणाः
guṇairguṇāḥ
The line
guṇairguṇa (गुणैर्गुण).
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. karma-bhiḥa (कर्म-भिःअ) from 7.2.24 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: guṇairguṇāḥ (गुणैर्गुणाः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| guṇairguṇāḥ (गुणैर्गुणाः) | nominative plural | guṇairguṇa (गुणैर्गुण) |
The phrases
guṇairguṇāḥ (गुणैर्गुणाः) is guṇairguṇa (गुणैर्गुण). It stands as nominative plural.
Hold the words in that order. The English of the whole line comes after them.
Sanskrit in this line
guṇairguṇāḥ (गुणैर्गुणाः) is nominative plural. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss guṇairguṇāḥ (गुणैर्गुणाः).