Tarka-Saṃgraha / 32. Viscidity
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चूर्णादिपिण्डीभावहेतुर् गुणः स्नेहः ।
जलमात्रवृत्तिः cūrṇādipiṇḍībhāvahetur guṇaḥ snehaḥ |
jalamātravṛttiḥ
The line
Viscidity is the quality that causes powder and the like to form a lump, and it occurs in water alone.
नेपालीमा
स्नेह धूलो आदिलाई डल्लो पार्ने गुण हो, र जलमा मात्र हुन्छ।
Where it sits
Sound is 33, the last quality before cognition.
Split: cūrṇa-ādi-piṇḍī-bhāva-hetuḥ (चूर्ण-आदि-पिण्डी-भाव-हेतुः) + guṇaḥ (गुणः) + snehaḥ (स्नेहः) + jala-mātra-vṛttiḥ (जल-मात्र-वृत्तिः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| cūrṇa-ādi-piṇḍībhāva-hetuḥ (चूर्ण-आदि-पिण्डीभाव-हेतुः) | nominative singular, masculine | The cause of powder and the like becoming a lump. Heard hetur (हेतुर्). |
| snehaḥ (स्नेहः) | nominative singular, masculine | Viscidity, oiliness. |
| jala-mātra-vṛttiḥ (जल-मात्र-वृत्तिः) | nominative singular, masculine | Occurring in water alone. |
The phrases
This is why dust holds as a ball when it is wet. The quality belongs to water.
Sanskrit in this line
Cūrṇa (चूर्ण) plus ādi (आदि) is cūrṇādi (चूर्णादि). Piṇḍa (पिण्ड) plus the abstract of becoming is piṇḍībhāva (पिण्डीभाव).
Say it back
Say the one substance, and the effect.