10.7.60
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.7.60
नार्थाभावात्
nārthābhāvāt
The line
Not because of a compound: a thing, a meaning, and absence.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 10. Bādha (बाध): when a transferred detail is excluded. The line is short. adhikaṃ (अधिकं) from 10.7.59 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) + artha-abhāvāt (अर्थ-अभावात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| artha-abhāvāt (अर्थ-अभावात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a thing, a meaning, and absence. Read it from the end |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
artha-abhāvāt (अर्थ-अभावात्) is a compound: a thing, a meaning, and absence. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
artha-abhāvāt (अर्थ-अभावात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss artha-abhāvāt (अर्थ-अभावात्).