12.1.37
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 12 / 12.1.37
निर्दिष्टस्येति चेत्
nirdiṣṭasyeti cet
The line
If you say that of stated, then.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 12. Prasaṅga (प्रसङ्ग), incidental application, and vikalpa (विकल्प), option. The line is short. prāṅniyamāt (प्राङ्नियमात्) from 12.1.36 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: nirdiṣṭasya (निर्दिष्टस्य) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| nirdiṣṭasya (निर्दिष्टस्य) | genitive singular | stated |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
The phrases
nirdiṣṭasya (निर्दिष्टस्य) is stated. It stands as genitive singular. iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins it on as nirdiṣṭasyeti (निर्दिष्टस्येति).
cet (चेत्) is if you say, if. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
nirdiṣṭasya (निर्दिष्टस्य) is genitive singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins it on as nirdiṣṭasyeti (निर्दिष्टस्येति).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss nirdiṣṭasya (निर्दिष्टस्य).
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12.1.38. Not because of a compound: heard, and the state of being that.