Tarka-Saṃgraha / 49. The subject
49
संदिग्धसाध्यवान् पक्षः ।
यथा धूमवत्त्वे हेतौ पर्वतः saṃdigdhasādhyavān pakṣaḥ |
yathā dhūmavattve hetau parvataḥ
The line
The subject is what has a doubted thing-to-be-proved, as the mountain is when the reason is smokiness.
नेपालीमा
पक्ष त्यो हो जसमा शङ्कामा परेको साध्य हुन्छ, जस्तै हेतु धुवाँपन हुँदा पर्वत।
Where it sits
The similar case is 50.
Split: saṃdigdha-sādhyavān (संदिग्ध-साध्यवान्) + pakṣaḥ (पक्षः) + yathā (यथा) + dhūmavattve (धूमवत्त्वे) + hetau (हेतौ) + parvataḥ (पर्वतः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| saṃdigdha-sādhyavān (संदिग्ध-साध्यवान्) | nominative singular, masculine | Possessing a doubted thing-to-be-proved. |
| pakṣaḥ (पक्षः) | nominative singular, masculine | The subject. |
| dhūmavattve hetau (धूमवत्त्वे हेतौ) | locative absolute | When smokiness is the reason. |
| parvataḥ (पर्वतः) | nominative singular, masculine | The mountain. One does not yet know whether it has fire. |
The phrases
The subject is the place where the thing to be proved is still in doubt.
Sanskrit in this line
Saṃdigdha (संदिग्ध) plus sādhyavat (साध्यवत्) is saṃdigdhasādhyavat (संदिग्धसाध्यवत्).
Say it back
Say why the mountain is the subject and the kitchen is not.