7.2.26
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.2.26
इहेदमिति यतः कार्यकारणयोः स समवायः
ihedamiti yataḥ kāryakāraṇayoḥ sa samavāyaḥ
The line
In ihedamita (इहेदमित), from which, because, of a compound: an effect, and a cause, he, that. saḥ (सः) before a consonant, inherence.
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: ihedamiti (इहेदमिति) + yataḥ (यतः) + kārya-kāraṇayoḥ (कार्य-कारणयोः) + sa (स) + samavāyaḥ (समवायः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ihedamiti (इहेदमिति) | locative singular, or nominative singular | ihedamita (इहेदमित) |
| yataḥ (यतः) | indeclinable | from which, because |
| kārya-kāraṇayoḥ (कार्य-कारणयोः) | genitive or locative dual | a compound: an effect, and a cause. Read it from the end |
| sa (स) | nominative singular, masculine | he, that. saḥ (सः) before a consonant |
| samavāyaḥ (समवायः) | nominative singular, masculine | inherence |
The phrases
ihedamiti (इहेदमिति) is ihedamita (इहेदमित). It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular. yataḥ (यतः) is from which, because. It stands as indeclinable. kārya-kāraṇayoḥ (कार्य-कारणयोः) is a compound: an effect, and a cause. Read it from the end. It stands as genitive or locative dual.
sa (स) is he, that. saḥ (सः) before a consonant. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. samavāyaḥ (समवायः) is inherence. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
kārya-kāraṇayoḥ (कार्य-कारणयोः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ihedamiti (इहेदमिति) and yataḥ (यतः).
Next
7.2.27. By means of a compound: a reality, what is so, and mbhāva (म्भाव).