12.1.19
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 12 / 12.1.19
मन्त्राश् च सन्निपातित्वात्
mantrāś ca sannipātitvāt
The line
A mantra and, because of sannipātitva (सन्निपातित्व).
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 12. Prasaṅga (प्रसङ्ग), incidental application, and vikalpa (विकल्प), option. The line is short. tad-yukta-tvaṃ (तद्-युक्त-त्वं) from 12.1.18 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: mantrāḥ (मन्त्राः) + ca (च) + sannipātitvāt (सन्निपातित्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| mantrāḥ (मन्त्राः) | nominative plural | a mantra |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| sannipātitvāt (सन्निपातित्वात्) | ablative singular | sannipātitva (सन्निपातित्व) |
The phrases
mantrāḥ (मन्त्राः) is a mantra. It stands as nominative plural. The line writes it mantrāś (मन्त्राश्). ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
sannipātitvāt (सन्निपातित्वात्) is sannipātitva (सन्निपातित्व). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
sannipātitvāt (सन्निपातित्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it mantrāś (मन्त्राश्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss mantrāḥ (मन्त्राः) and sannipātitvāt (सन्निपातित्वात्).