10.5.20
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.5.20
अश्रुतित्वान् नेति चेत्
aśrutitvān neti cet
The line
If you say that aśrutitva (अश्रुतित्व), not, then.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 10. Bādha (बाध): when a transferred detail is excluded. The line is short. uktā-vikārāt (उक्ता-विकारात्) from 10.5.19 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: aśrutitvān (अश्रुतित्वान्) + na (न) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| aśrutitvān (अश्रुतित्वान्) | accusative plural, masculine | aśrutitva (अश्रुतित्व) |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
The phrases
aśrutitvān (अश्रुतित्वान्) is aśrutitva (अश्रुतित्व). It stands as accusative plural, masculine. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as neti. cet (चेत्) is if you say, if. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
aśrutitvān (अश्रुतित्वान्) is accusative plural, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as neti.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss aśrutitvān (अश्रुतित्वान्).