2.1.22
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.1.22
न त्वाम्नातेषु
na tvāmnāteṣu
The line
Not in tvāmnāta (त्वाम्नात).
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. yac (यच्) from 2.1.21 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) + tvāmnāteṣu (त्वाम्नातेषु)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| tvāmnāteṣu (त्वाम्नातेषु) | locative plural | tvāmnāta (त्वाम्नात) |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
tvāmnāteṣu (त्वाम्नातेषु) is tvāmnāta (त्वाम्नात). It stands as locative plural.
Sanskrit in this line
tvāmnāteṣu (त्वाम्नातेषु) is locative plural. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tvāmnāteṣu (त्वाम्नातेषु).