10.4.22
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.4.22
वचनानि त्वपूर्वत्वात्
vacanāni tv apūrvatvāt
The line
A statement, the state of being that, because of a compound: the unseen, and the state of being that.
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: vacanāni (वचनानि) + tva (त्व) + apūrva-tvāt (अपूर्व-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vacanāni (वचनानि) | nominative or accusative plural, neuter | a statement |
| tva (त्व) | the stem, as the line writes it | the state of being that |
| apūrva-tvāt (अपूर्व-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: the unseen, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
vacanāni (वचनानि) is a statement. It stands as nominative or accusative plural, neuter. tva (त्व) is the state of being that. It stands as the stem, as the line writes it.
apūrva-tvāt (अपूर्व-त्वात्) is a compound: the unseen, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
apūrva-tvāt (अपूर्व-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vacanāni (वचनानि) and tva (त्व).