Tarka-Saṃgraha / 63. The verbal knowing
63
वाक्यार्थज्ञानं शब्दज्ञानम् ।
तत्करणं शब्दः vākyārthajñānaṃ śabdajñānam |
tatkaraṇaṃ śabdaḥ
The line
Verbal knowing is the knowing of a sentence-sense. Its instrument is the word.
नेपालीमा
शाब्द ज्ञान वाक्यार्थको ज्ञान हो। त्यसको करण शब्द हो।
Where it sits
The four instruments are complete. 64 turns to present cognitions that are not true, and one of them is called tarka (तर्क).
Split: vākya-artha-jñānam (वाक्य-अर्थ-ज्ञानम्) + śabda-jñānam (शब्द-ज्ञानम्) + tat-karaṇam (तत्-करणम्) + śabdaḥ (शब्दः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vākya-artha-jñānam (वाक्य-अर्थ-ज्ञानम्) | nominative singular, neuter | Knowing of the sentence-sense. |
| śabda-jñānam (शब्द-ज्ञानम्) | nominative singular, neuter | Verbal knowing. |
| tat-karaṇam (तत्-करणम्) | nominative singular, neuter | Its instrument. |
| śabdaḥ (शब्दः) | nominative singular, masculine | Word. The sentence of 59. |
The phrases
The knowing is of the sense. The instrument is the word.
Sanskrit in this line
Two nominative pairs. Each says A is B.
Say it back
Say what is known, and what the instrument is.