10.3.15
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.3.15
उत्तरस्य वा मन्त्रार्थित्वात्
uttarasya vā mantrārthitvāt
The line
Of the later or, because of mantrārthitva (मन्त्रार्थित्व).
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 10. Bādha (बाध): when a transferred detail is excluded. The line is short. prakṛti-anupa-rodhāt (प्रकृति-अनुप-रोधात्) from 10.3.14 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: uttarasya (उत्तरस्य) + vā (वा) + mantrārthitvāt (मन्त्रार्थित्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| uttarasya (उत्तरस्य) | genitive singular | the later |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| mantrārthitvāt (मन्त्रार्थित्वात्) | ablative singular | mantrārthitva (मन्त्रार्थित्व) |
The phrases
uttarasya (उत्तरस्य) is the later. It stands as genitive singular. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
mantrārthitvāt (मन्त्रार्थित्वात्) is mantrārthitva (मन्त्रार्थित्व). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
mantrārthitvāt (मन्त्रार्थित्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss uttarasya (उत्तरस्य) and mantrārthitvāt (मन्त्रार्थित्वात्).