10.8.6
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.8.6
शिष्ट्वा तु प्रतिषेधः स्यात्
śiṣṭvā tu pratiṣedhaḥ syāt
The line
śiṣṭva (शिष्ट्व) but, a denial, it would be, let it be granted.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 10. Bādha (बाध): when a transferred detail is excluded. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: śiṣṭvā (शिष्ट्वा) + tu (तु) + pratiṣedhaḥ (प्रतिषेधः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| śiṣṭvā (शिष्ट्वा) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | śiṣṭva (शिष्ट्व) |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| pratiṣedhaḥ (प्रतिषेधः) | nominative singular, masculine | a denial |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
śiṣṭvā (शिष्ट्वा) is śiṣṭva (शिष्ट्व). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable.
pratiṣedhaḥ (प्रतिषेधः) is a denial. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
pratiṣedhaḥ (प्रतिषेधः) is nominative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss śiṣṭvā (शिष्ट्वा) and pratiṣedhaḥ (प्रतिषेधः).