9.1.7
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 9 / 9.1.7
तथाभावे भावप्रत्यक्षाच्च
tathābhāve bhāvapratyakṣācca
The line
So, in that way, in in a state, a compound: a state, toward, against, and akṣācca (अक्षाच्च).
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. asaditi (असदिति) from 9.1.6 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: tathā (तथा) + bhāve (भावे) + bhāva-prati-akṣācca (भाव-प्रति-अक्षाच्च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tathā (तथा) | indeclinable | so, in that way |
| bhāve (भावे) | locative singular | in a state |
| bhāva-prati-akṣācca (भाव-प्रति-अक्षाच्च) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: a state, toward, against, and akṣācca (अक्षाच्च). Read it from the end |
The phrases
tathā (तथा) is so, in that way. It stands as indeclinable. bhāve (भावे) is in a state. It stands as locative singular. The line joins them as tathābhāve (तथाभावे).
bhāva-prati-akṣācca (भाव-प्रति-अक्षाच्च) is a compound: a state, toward, against, and akṣācca (अक्षाच्च). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
Sanskrit in this line
bhāva-prati-akṣācca (भाव-प्रति-अक्षाच्च) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line joins them as tathābhāve (तथाभावे).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss bhāve (भावे) and bhāva-prati-akṣācca (भाव-प्रति-अक्षाच्च).
Next
9.1.8. etenāghaṭa (एतेनाघट), agauradharmaśca (अगौरधर्मश्च), explained.