2.1.16
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.1.16
न श्रुतिसमवायित्वात्
na śrutisamavāyitvāt
The line
Not because of a compound: scripture, an equalizing, a rejoinder that turns an example back, and vāyitva (वायित्व).
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 2. Which acts are different acts. The word for an action means the act, and from that the differences among rites are drawn. The line is short. vaśāvad (वशावद्) from 2.1.15 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) + śruti-sama-vāyitvāt (श्रुति-सम-वायित्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| śruti-sama-vāyitvāt (श्रुति-सम-वायित्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: scripture, an equalizing, a rejoinder that turns an example back, and vāyitva (वायित्व). Read it from the end |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
śruti-sama-vāyitvāt (श्रुति-सम-वायित्वात्) is a compound: scripture, an equalizing, a rejoinder that turns an example back, and vāyitva (वायित्व). Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
śruti-sama-vāyitvāt (श्रुति-सम-वायित्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss śruti-sama-vāyitvāt (श्रुति-सम-वायित्वात्).
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