11.2.3
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.2.3
अङ्गेषु च तदभावः प्रधानं प्रतिनिर्देशात्
aṅgeṣu ca tadabhāvaḥ pradhānaṃ pratinirdeśāt
The line
In a limb, a subsidiary part and, that, absence, the unmanifest of Sāṅkhya (साङ्ख्य), because of a compound: toward, against, and a statement of what the rule is.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 11. One performance serving many purposes, and when the acts stay separate. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: aṅgeṣu (अङ्गेषु) + ca (च) + tad (तद्) + abhāvaḥ (अभावः) + pradhānaṃ (प्रधानं) + prati-nirdeśāt (प्रति-निर्देशात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| aṅgeṣu (अङ्गेषु) | locative plural | a limb, a subsidiary part |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| tad (तद्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | that |
| abhāvaḥ (अभावः) | nominative singular, masculine | absence |
| pradhānaṃ (प्रधानं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | the unmanifest of Sāṅkhya (साङ्ख्य) |
| prati-nirdeśāt (प्रति-निर्देशात्) | ablative singular | a compound: toward, against, and a statement of what the rule is. Read it from the end |
The phrases
aṅgeṣu (अङ्गेषु) is a limb, a subsidiary part. It stands as locative plural. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. tad (तद्) is that. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
abhāvaḥ (अभावः) is absence. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line joins them as tadabhāvaḥ (तदभावः). pradhānaṃ (प्रधानं) is the unmanifest of Sāṅkhya (साङ्ख्य). It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. prati-nirdeśāt (प्रति-निर्देशात्) is a compound: toward, against, and a statement of what the rule is. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
prati-nirdeśāt (प्रति-निर्देशात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line joins them as tadabhāvaḥ (तदभावः).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss aṅgeṣu (अङ्गेषु) and abhāvaḥ (अभावः).