Vaiśeṣika Sūtra 2.2.32

Vaiśeṣikasūtra 2.2.32

Language: Sanskrit

2.2.32

kāryatvāt |

anityaḥ—non-eternal; ca—and; ayam—it; kāraṇataḥ—from its having a cause.
Nandalal Sinha 1911, The Vaiśeṣika Sūtras of Kaṇāda, with the Commentary of Śaṅkara Miśra (Sacred Books of the Hindus 6)

28. And Sound is non-eternal, (because it is observed to be produced) by a cause.
Nandalal Sinha 1911, The Vaiśeṣika Sūtras of Kaṇāda, with the Commentary of Śaṅkara Miśra (Sacred Books of the Hindus 6)

“Because its production is observed,”—this is the complement. For Sound is observed as issuing out of the (temporary) conjunction of the drum and the drum-stick, etc. So that it is non-eternal, because it has a production (or beginning). Or “From a cause” may imply the reason that it has a cause.—28.
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)

Vaiśeṣikasūtravṛtti — Candrānanda, Sanskrit
Upaskāra — Śaṅkara Miśra, Sanskrit

Discussed in (2)

A History of Indian Philosophy — Dasgupta 1922, English
Buddhist Logic — Stcherbatsky 1930, English