10.2.51
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.2.51
ईहार्थाश् चाभावात् सूक्तवाकवत्
īhārthāś cābhāvāt sūktavākavat
The line
A compound: searching, and a thing, a meaning and, because of because of absence, sūktavākavat (सूक्तवाकवत्).
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 10. Bādha (बाध): when a transferred detail is excluded. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: īhā-arthāḥ (ईहा-अर्थाः) + ca (च) + abhāvāt (अभावात्) + sūktavākavat (सूक्तवाकवत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| īhā-arthāḥ (ईहा-अर्थाः) | nominative plural | a compound: searching, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| abhāvāt (अभावात्) | ablative singular | because of absence |
| sūktavākavat (सूक्तवाकवत्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
The phrases
īhā-arthāḥ (ईहा-अर्थाः) is a compound: searching, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative plural. The line writes it īhārthāś (ईहार्थाश्). ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
abhāvāt (अभावात्) is because of absence. It stands as ablative singular. The line joins them as cābhāvāt (चाभावात्). sūktavākavat (सूक्तवाकवत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
Sanskrit in this line
sūktavākavat (सूक्तवाकवत्) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it īhārthāś (ईहार्थाश्). The line joins them as cābhāvāt (चाभावात्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss īhā-arthāḥ (ईहा-अर्थाः) and abhāvāt (अभावात्).