Sutra 28

Devanagari script

एवमित्याख्यानम् ॥ कZ_०२.१०.२८ ॥

Transliteration

evam ity ākhyānam

Translation

“असेच आहे”—असे सांगणे म्हणजे ‘आख्यान’ (वक्तव्य/स्पष्टीकरण) होय.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus; in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्
• Form: अव्यय; manner-adverb (‘thus/in this way’)

• इति: ‘thus’; (marks the close of the statement)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति
• Form: अव्यय; quotative particle marking end of cited words/thought

• आख्यानम्: the statement; the formulation/narration (of the rule)
• Type: Noun (verbal noun)
• Root: आ-ख्या
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; क्तिन्/ल्युट्-प्रत्ययान्त भाववाचक/कर्मवाचक संज्ञा (‘telling, statement, narration’)

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How does ākhyāna relate to pṛcchā?

Pṛcchā initiates oversight (“How is this?”); ākhyāna supplies the formal response (“It is so”), enabling recordable accountability.