10.5.37
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.5.37
प्रकृतौ वा शिष्टत्वात्
prakṛtau vā śiṣṭatvāt
The line
In in nature, in the model rite or, because of śiṣṭatva (शिष्टत्व).
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 10. Bādha (बाध): when a transferred detail is excluded. The line is short. ayajña-vacanāt (अयज्ञ-वचनात्) from 10.5.36 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: prakṛtau (प्रकृतौ) + vā (वा) + śiṣṭatvāt (शिष्टत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| prakṛtau (प्रकृतौ) | locative singular | in nature, in the model rite |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| śiṣṭatvāt (शिष्टत्वात्) | ablative singular | śiṣṭatva (शिष्टत्व) |
The phrases
prakṛtau (प्रकृतौ) is in nature, in the model rite. It stands as locative singular. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
śiṣṭatvāt (शिष्टत्वात्) is śiṣṭatva (शिष्टत्व). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
śiṣṭatvāt (शिष्टत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss prakṛtau (प्रकृतौ) and śiṣṭatvāt (शिष्टत्वात्).
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