9.1.3
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 9 / 9.1.3
असतः क्रियागुणव्यपदेशाभावादर्थान्तरम्
asataḥ kriyāguṇavyapadeśābhāvādarthāntaram
The line
What is not, a compound: an act, a quality, vyapa (व्यप), deśābhā (देशाभा), honest debate, rthā (र्था), and ntara (न्तर).
Where it sits
In Vaiśeṣika (वैशेषिक) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 9. What is not yet, and the kinds of cognition, including absence. The line is short. sadasat (सदसत्) from 9.1.2 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: asataḥ (असतः) + kriyā-guṇa-vyapa-deśābhā-vāda-rthā-ntaram (क्रिया-गुण-व्यप-देशाभा-वाद-र्था-न्तरम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| asataḥ (असतः) | nominative singular, masculine | what is not |
| kriyā-guṇa-vyapa-deśābhā-vāda-rthā-ntaram (क्रिया-गुण-व्यप-देशाभा-वाद-र्था-न्तरम्) | accusative singular, masculine | a compound: an act, a quality, vyapa (व्यप), deśābhā (देशाभा), honest debate, rthā (र्था), and ntara (न्तर). Read it from the end |
The phrases
asataḥ (असतः) is what is not. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
kriyā-guṇa-vyapa-deśābhā-vāda-rthā-ntaram (क्रिया-गुण-व्यप-देशाभा-वाद-र्था-न्तरम्) is a compound: an act, a quality, vyapa (व्यप), deśābhā (देशाभा), honest debate, rthā (र्था), and ntara (न्तर). Read it from the end. It stands as accusative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
kriyā-guṇa-vyapa-deśābhā-vāda-rthā-ntaram (क्रिया-गुण-व्यप-देशाभा-वाद-र्था-न्तरम्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss asataḥ (असतः) and kriyā-guṇa-vyapa-deśābhā-vāda-rthā-ntaram (क्रिया-गुण-व्यप-देशाभा-वाद-र्था-न्तरम्).