11.3.11
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.3.11
न चोत्पत्तिवाक्यत्वात् प्रदेशात् प्रस्तरे तथा
na cotpattivākyatvāt pradeśāt prastare tathā
The line
Not because of a compound: and, arising, the origin, a sentence, and the state of being that, because of a unit, in prastara (प्रस्तर), so, in that way.
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: na (न) + ca-utpatti-vākya-tvāt (च-उत्पत्ति-वाक्य-त्वात्) + pradeśāt (प्रदेशात्) + prastare (प्रस्तरे) + tathā (तथा)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| ca-utpatti-vākya-tvāt (च-उत्पत्ति-वाक्य-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: and, arising, the origin, a sentence, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| pradeśāt (प्रदेशात्) | ablative singular | a unit |
| prastare (प्रस्तरे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | prastara (प्रस्तर) |
| tathā (तथा) | indeclinable | so, in that way |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. ca-utpatti-vākya-tvāt (च-उत्पत्ति-वाक्य-त्वात्) is a compound: and, arising, the origin, a sentence, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. pradeśāt (प्रदेशात्) is a unit. It stands as ablative singular.
prastare (प्रस्तरे) is prastara (प्रस्तर). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. tathā (तथा) is so, in that way. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
ca-utpatti-vākya-tvāt (च-उत्पत्ति-वाक्य-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ca-utpatti-vākya-tvāt (च-उत्पत्ति-वाक्य-त्वात्) and pradeśāt (प्रदेशात्).