11.2.38
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.2.38
आसादानमिति चेत्
āsādānam iti cet
The line
If you say that āsādāna (आसादान), then.
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. iha (इह) from 11.2.37 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: āsādānam (आसादानम्) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| āsādānam (आसादानम्) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | āsādāna (आसादान) |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
The phrases
āsādānam (आसादानम्) is āsādāna (आसादान). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable.
cet (चेत्) is if you say, if. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
āsādānam (आसादानम्) is accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss āsādānam (आसादानम्).
Next
11.2.39. Not a compound: utta (उत्त), reṇaika (रेणैक), a sentence, and tvāta (त्वात).