9.1.8
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 9 / 9.1.8
एतेनाघटोऽगौरधर्मश्च व्याख्याताः
etenāghaṭo 'gauradharmaśca vyākhyātāḥ
The line
etenāghaṭa (एतेनाघट), agauradharmaśca (अगौरधर्मश्च), explained.
Where it sits
In Vaiśeṣika (वैशेषिक) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 9. What is not yet, and the kinds of cognition, including absence. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: etenāghaṭo (एतेनाघटो) + agauradharmaśca (अगौरधर्मश्च) + vyākhyātāḥ (व्याख्याताः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| etenāghaṭo (एतेनाघटो) | nominative singular, masculine | etenāghaṭa (एतेनाघट) |
| agauradharmaśca (अगौरधर्मश्च) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| vyākhyātāḥ (व्याख्याताः) | nominative plural | explained |
The phrases
etenāghaṭo (एतेनाघटो) is etenāghaṭa (एतेनाघट). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. agauradharmaśca (अगौरधर्मश्च) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped.
vyākhyātāḥ (व्याख्याताः) is explained. It stands as nominative plural.
Sanskrit in this line
The apostrophe is an avagraha. It marks an a that sandhi dropped. The sitting puts that a back. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss etenāghaṭo (एतेनाघटो) and agauradharmaśca (अगौरधर्मश्च).
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9.1.9. abhūta (अभूत), not astītyanarthāntara (अस्तीत्यनर्थान्तर).