10.4.53
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.4.53
न वा संस्कारशब्दत्वात्
na vā saṃskāraśabdatvāt
The line
Not or, because of a compound: a compounded thing, a word, 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 line is short. syād (स्याद्) from 10.4.52 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: na (न) + vā (वा) + saṃskāra-śabda-tvāt (संस्कार-शब्द-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| saṃskāra-śabda-tvāt (संस्कार-शब्द-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a compounded thing, a word, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
saṃskāra-śabda-tvāt (संस्कार-शब्द-त्वात्) is a compound: a compounded thing, a word, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
saṃskāra-śabda-tvāt (संस्कार-शब्द-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss saṃskāra-śabda-tvāt (संस्कार-शब्द-त्वात्).