10.8.11
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.8.11
न शब्दपूर्वत्वात्
na śabdapūrvatvāt
The line
Not because of a compound: a word, the earlier, and the state of being that.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 10. Bādha (बाध): when a transferred detail is excluded. The line is short. pratiṣedhāt (प्रतिषेधात्) from 10.8.10 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) + śabda-pūrva-tvāt (शब्द-पूर्व-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| śabda-pūrva-tvāt (शब्द-पूर्व-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a word, the earlier, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
śabda-pūrva-tvāt (शब्द-पूर्व-त्वात्) is a compound: a word, the earlier, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
śabda-pūrva-tvāt (शब्द-पूर्व-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss śabda-pūrva-tvāt (शब्द-पूर्व-त्वात्).