12.2.37
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 12 / 12.2.37
न वाविरोधात्
na vāvirodhāt
The line
Not because of a compound: or, and absence of collision.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 12. Prasaṅga (प्रसङ्ग), incidental application, and vikalpa (विकल्प), option. The line is short. tatpravṛttyā (तत्प्रवृत्त्या) from 12.2.36 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: na (न) + vā-avirodhāt (वा-अविरोधात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| vā-avirodhāt (वा-अविरोधात्) | ablative singular | a compound: or, and absence of collision. Read it from the end |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
vā-avirodhāt (वा-अविरोधात्) is a compound: or, and absence of collision. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
vā-avirodhāt (वा-अविरोधात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vā-avirodhāt (वा-अविरोधात्).
Next
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