Tarka-Saṃgraha / 37. The instrument
37
असाधारणं कारणं करणम् asādhāraṇaṃ kāraṇaṃ karaṇam
The line
The instrument is the uncommon cause.
नेपालीमा
करण असाधारण कारण हो।
Where it sits
38 says what a cause is. 41 will come back and say that among the three kinds of cause, the uncommon one is the instrument. The senses, the consideration of the mark, the knowledge of similarity, and the sentence will each be an instrument of that sort.
Split: asādhāraṇam (असाधारणम्) + kāraṇam (कारणम्) + karaṇam (करणम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| asādhāraṇam (असाधारणम्) | nominative singular, neuter | Uncommon. Not shared with the production of other effects. |
| kāraṇam (कारणम्) | nominative singular, neuter | A cause. |
| karaṇam (करणम्) | nominative singular, neuter | The instrument. The special cause. |
The phrases
Three words. The instrument is the cause that is peculiar to this effect.
Sanskrit in this line
Three nominatives. Karaṇam (करणम्) is the thing being defined. Asādhāraṇaṃ kāraṇam (असाधारणं कारणम्) is the definition.
Say it back
Say the definition in three words.