10.2.45
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.2.45
वचनं वा सत्रत्वात्
vacanaṃ vā satratvāt
The line
A statement or, because of satratva (सत्रत्व).
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 10. Bādha (बाध): when a transferred detail is excluded. The line is short. kāma-iṣṭau (काम-इष्टौ) from 10.2.44 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: vacanaṃ (वचनं) + vā (वा) + satratvāt (सत्रत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vacanaṃ (वचनं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a statement |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| satratvāt (सत्रत्वात्) | ablative singular | satratva (सत्रत्व) |
The phrases
vacanaṃ (वचनं) is a statement. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
satratvāt (सत्रत्वात्) is satratva (सत्रत्व). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
satratvāt (सत्रत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vacanaṃ (वचनं) and satratvāt (सत्रत्वात्).