12.2.5
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 12 / 12.2.5
अभावदर्शनाच् च
abhāvadarśanāc ca
The line
Because of a compound: absence, and seeing and.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 12. Prasaṅga (प्रसङ्ग), incidental application, and vikalpa (विकल्प), option. The line is short. sati (सति) from 12.2.4 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: abhāva-darśanāt (अभाव-दर्शनात्) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| abhāva-darśanāt (अभाव-दर्शनात्) | ablative singular | a compound: absence, and seeing. Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
abhāva-darśanāt (अभाव-दर्शनात्) is a compound: absence, and seeing. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it abhāvadarśanāc (अभावदर्शनाच्).
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
abhāva-darśanāt (अभाव-दर्शनात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it abhāvadarśanāc (अभावदर्शनाच्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss abhāva-darśanāt (अभाव-दर्शनात्).