Vaiśeṣika Sūtra 2.2.27

Vaiśeṣikasūtra 2.2.27

Language: Sanskrit

2.2.27

ekadravyavattvān na dravyam |

eka-dravyatvāt—because it resides in one Substance; na—not; dravyam—Substance.
Nandalal Sinha 1911, The Vaiśeṣika Sūtras of Kaṇāda, with the Commentary of Śaṅkara Miśra (Sacred Books of the Hindus 6)

23. (Sound) is not a Substance, since it resides in one Substance only.
Nandalal Sinha 1911, The Vaiśeṣika Sūtras of Kaṇāda, with the Commentary of Śaṅkara Miśra (Sacred Books of the Hindus 6)

‘Ekadravyam’ is that which has one Substance only as its combinative cause. And no Substance whatever contains a single Substace as its combinative cause. Therefore, owing to this difference in property from Substances, this Sound is not a Substance. This is the meaning.—23.
Nandalal Sinha 1911, The Vaiśeṣika Sūtras of Kaṇāda, with the Commentary of Śaṅkara Miśra (Sacred Books of the Hindus 6)

Translations (2)

The Vaiśeṣika Sūtras of Kaṇāda, with the Commentary of Śaṅkara Miśra (Sacred Books of the Hindus 6) — Nandalal Sinha 1911, English
English (machine translation) — English, machine translation

Commentaries (2)

Upaskāra — Śaṅkara Miśra, Sanskrit
Vaiśeṣikasūtravṛtti — Candrānanda, Sanskrit