Tarka-Saṃgraha / 39. An effect
39
कार्यं प्रागभावप्रतियोगि kāryaṃ prāgabhāvapratiyogi
The line
An effect is the counterpositive of a prior absence.
नेपालीमा
कार्य प्रागभावको प्रतियोगी हो।
Where it sits
Prior absence was named at 9 and is defined at 80. The three causes are 40.
Split: kāryam (कार्यम्) + prāk-abhāva-pratiyogī (प्राक्-अभाव-प्रतियोगी)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kāryam (कार्यम्) | nominative singular, neuter | An effect. |
| prāk-abhāva-pratiyogī (प्राक्-अभाव-प्रतियोगी) | nominative singular, masculine | The counterpositive of a prior absence. The thing whose earlier absence this was. Heard pratiyogi (प्रतियोगि). |
The phrases
Before the cloth, there is the prior absence of the cloth. The cloth is what that absence is the absence of.
Sanskrit in this line
Prāk (प्राक्) plus abhāva (अभाव) is prāgabhāva (प्रागभाव).
Say it back
Say an effect in the primer's words, using prior absence.