10.7.26
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.7.26
न वा शब्दपृथक्त्वात्
na vā śabdapṛthaktvāt
The line
Not or, because of a compound: a word, and separateness.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 10. Bādha (बाध): when a transferred detail is excluded. The line is short. vāgneyavad (वाग्नेयवद्) from 10.7.25 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) + śabda-pṛthaktvāt (शब्द-पृथक्त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| śabda-pṛthaktvāt (शब्द-पृथक्त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a word, and separateness. Read it from the end |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
śabda-pṛthaktvāt (शब्द-पृथक्त्वात्) is a compound: a word, and separateness. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
śabda-pṛthaktvāt (शब्द-पृथक्त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss śabda-pṛthaktvāt (शब्द-पृथक्त्वात्).