10.7.8
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.7.8
अब्राह्मणे च दर्शनात्
abrāhmaṇe ca darśanāt
The line
In abrāhmaṇa (अब्राह्मण) and, because of from seeing, because one sees.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 10. Bādha (बाध): when a transferred detail is excluded. The line is short. parisaṅkhyā (परिसङ्ख्या) from 10.7.7 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: abrāhmaṇe (अब्राह्मणे) + ca (च) + darśanāt (दर्शनात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| abrāhmaṇe (अब्राह्मणे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | abrāhmaṇa (अब्राह्मण) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| darśanāt (दर्शनात्) | ablative singular | from seeing, because one sees |
The phrases
abrāhmaṇe (अब्राह्मणे) is abrāhmaṇa (अब्राह्मण). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
darśanāt (दर्शनात्) is from seeing, because one sees. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
abrāhmaṇe (अब्राह्मणे) is locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss abrāhmaṇe (अब्राह्मणे) and darśanāt (दर्शनात्).