10.2.53
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.2.53
नेच्छाभिधानात् तदभावादितरस्मिन्
necchābhidhānāt tadabhāvād itarasmin
The line
Not because of a compound: desire, and a naming, that, because of because of absence, a compound: the other, and smina (स्मिन).
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: na (न) + icchā-abhidhānāt (इच्छा-अभिधानात्) + tad (तद्) + abhāvāt (अभावात्) + itara-smina (इतर-स्मिन)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| icchā-abhidhānāt (इच्छा-अभिधानात्) | ablative singular | a compound: desire, and a naming. Read it from the end |
| tad (तद्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | that |
| abhāvāt (अभावात्) | ablative singular | because of absence |
| itara-smina (इतर-स्मिन) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: the other, and smina (स्मिन). Read it from the end |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. icchā-abhidhānāt (इच्छा-अभिधानात्) is a compound: desire, and a naming. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. tad (तद्) is that. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
abhāvāt (अभावात्) is because of absence. It stands as ablative singular. The line joins them as tadabhāvād (तदभावाद्). itara-smina (इतर-स्मिन) is a compound: the other, and smina (स्मिन). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
Sanskrit in this line
icchā-abhidhānāt (इच्छा-अभिधानात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line joins them as tadabhāvād (तदभावाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss icchā-abhidhānāt (इच्छा-अभिधानात्) and abhāvāt (अभावात्).