Tarka-Saṃgraha / 16. Direction
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प्राच्यादिव्यवहारहेतुर् दिक् ।
सा चैका विभ्वी नित्या च prācyādivyavahārahetur dik |
sā caikā vibhvī nityā ca
The line
Direction is the cause of our speaking of east and the rest, and she is one, all-pervading, and eternal.
नेपालीमा
दिशा पूर्व र अरू भन्ने हाम्रो वचनको कारण हो, र त्यो एक, सर्वव्यापी र नित्य छ।
Where it sits
The far and the near that come from direction are at 29, beside the elder and the younger that come from time. The self is 17.
Split: prācya-ādi-vyavahāra-hetuḥ (प्राच्य-आदि-व्यवहार-हेतुः) + dik (दिक्) + sā (सा) + ca (च) + ekā (एका) + vibhvī (विभ्वी) + nityā (नित्या) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| prācya-ādi-vyavahāra-hetuḥ (प्राच्य-आदि-व्यवहार-हेतुः) | nominative singular, masculine | The cause of the talk of eastern, and of the rest. Heard hetur (हेतुर्) before dik (दिक्). |
| dik (दिक्) | nominative singular, feminine | Direction. The stem is diś (दिश्). Nominative dik (दिक्). |
| sā (सा) | nominative singular, feminine | She, direction. |
| ekā (एका) | nominative singular, feminine | One. |
| vibhvī (विभ्वी) | nominative singular, feminine | All-pervading. The feminine of vibhu (विभु). |
| nityā (नित्या) | nominative singular, feminine | Eternal. |
The phrases
The same three adjectives as time, in the feminine, because dik (दिक्) is feminine.
Sanskrit in this line
Hetuḥ (हेतुः) before dik (दिक्) is hetur (हेतुर्).
Ca (च) plus ekā (एका) is caikā (चैका).
Say it back
Say the talk that direction makes possible, and say why the adjectives are feminine.