9.2.7
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 9 / 9.2.7
तथा स्वप्नः
tathā svapnaḥ
The line
So, in that way, dream.
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. ātmanaḥ (आत्मनः) from 9.2.6 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) + svapnaḥ (स्वप्नः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tathā (तथा) | indeclinable | so, in that way |
| svapnaḥ (स्वप्नः) | nominative singular, masculine | dream |
The phrases
tathā (तथा) is so, in that way. It stands as indeclinable.
svapnaḥ (स्वप्नः) is dream. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
svapnaḥ (स्वप्नः) is nominative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss svapnaḥ (स्वप्नः).