Pratyabhijñāhṛdayam / Consciousness and the mind (चित्त) / 8
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the Pratyabhijñāhṛdayam (प्रत्यभिज्ञाहृदयम्)
तद्भूमिकाः सर्वदर्शनस्थितयः tadbhūmikāḥ sarvadarśanasthitayaḥ
The line
The standings of every view are the stages of that.
नेपालीमा
सबै दर्शनका स्थितिहरू त्यसैका भूमिका हुन्।
Where it sits
This is why the book can sit beside the other darśanas (दर्शन) without swallowing them. Each view is named here as a stage of the contracted knower. The books themselves remain their own books.
Split: tadbhūmikāḥ (तद्भूमिकाः) + sarvadarśanasthitayaḥ (सर्वदर्शनस्थितयः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tadbhūmikāḥ (तद्भूमिकाः) | nominative plural, feminine | the stages of that. bhūmikā (भूमिका) is a stage, a standing-place. tat (तत्) is the knower just described. |
| sarvadarśanasthitayaḥ (सर्वदर्शनस्थितयः) | nominative plural, feminine | the standings of every view. darśana (दर्शन) is a way of seeing, a view. sthiti (स्थिति) is a standing. The case sits on sthiti (स्थिति). |
The phrases
Two nominative plurals. The standings of all views are the stages of that one knower. A view is not outside the contraction. It is one of its stages.
Sanskrit in this line
Both words are feminine plurals in aḥ (अः). Read sarvadarśanasthitayaḥ (सर्वदर्शनस्थितयः) from sthitayaḥ (स्थितयः): the standings, and those standings belong to every darśana (दर्शन).
Say it back
Say what the standings of the views are stages of.