10.3.7
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.3.7
अकार्यत्वाच् च नाम्नः
akāryatvāc ca nāmnaḥ
The line
Because of akāryatva (अकार्यत्व) and, not amna (अम्न).
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 10. Bādha (बाध): when a transferred detail is excluded. The line is short. karmaṇaḥ (कर्मणः) from 10.3.6 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: akāryatvāc (अकार्यत्वाच्) + ca (च) + na (न) + amnaḥ (अम्नः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| akāryatvāc (अकार्यत्वाच्) | ablative singular | akāryatva (अकार्यत्व) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| amnaḥ (अम्नः) | nominative singular, masculine | amna (अम्न) |
The phrases
akāryatvāc (अकार्यत्वाच्) is akāryatva (अकार्यत्व). It stands as ablative singular. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. amnaḥ (अम्नः) is amna (अम्न). It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
akāryatvāc (अकार्यत्वाच्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss akāryatvāc (अकार्यत्वाच्) and amnaḥ (अम्नः).