12.1.27
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 12 / 12.1.27
न गुणार्थत्वात्
na guṇārthatvāt
The line
Not because of a compound: a quality, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 12. Prasaṅga (प्रसङ्ग), incidental application, and vikalpa (विकल्प), option. The line is short. śeṣa-vada (शेष-वद) from 12.1.26 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: na (न) + guṇa-artha-tvāt (गुण-अर्थ-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| guṇa-artha-tvāt (गुण-अर्थ-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a quality, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
guṇa-artha-tvāt (गुण-अर्थ-त्वात्) is a compound: a quality, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
guṇa-artha-tvāt (गुण-अर्थ-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss guṇa-artha-tvāt (गुण-अर्थ-त्वात्).
Next
12.1.28. sannahanañ (सन्नहनञ्) and, because of vṛttatva (वृत्तत्व).