11.2.28
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.2.28
अशास्त्रत्वाच् च देशानाम्
aśāstratvāc ca deśānām
The line
Because of aśāstratva (अशास्त्रत्व) and, of a place.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 11. One performance serving many purposes, and when the acts stay separate. The line is short. itara-pratiṣedhaḥ (इतर-प्रतिषेधः) from 11.2.27 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: aśāstratvāc (अशास्त्रत्वाच्) + ca (च) + deśānām (देशानाम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| aśāstratvāc (अशास्त्रत्वाच्) | ablative singular | aśāstratva (अशास्त्रत्व) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| deśānām (देशानाम्) | genitive plural | a place |
The phrases
aśāstratvāc (अशास्त्रत्वाच्) is aśāstratva (अशास्त्रत्व). It stands as ablative singular. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
deśānām (देशानाम्) is a place. It stands as genitive plural.
Sanskrit in this line
aśāstratvāc (अशास्त्रत्वाच्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss aśāstratvāc (अशास्त्रत्वाच्) and deśānām (देशानाम्).