2.4.10
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.4.10
न नाम्ना स्यादचोदनाभिधानत्वात्
na nāmnā syād acodanābhidhānatvāt
The line
Not, not amna (अम्न), it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, because of acodanābhidhānatva (अचोदनाभिधानत्व).
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 words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: na (न) + na (न) + amnā (अम्ना) + syād (स्याद्) + acodanābhidhānatvāt (अचोदनाभिधानत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| amnā (अम्ना) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | amna (अम्न) |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| acodanābhidhānatvāt (अचोदनाभिधानत्वात्) | ablative singular | acodanābhidhānatva (अचोदनाभिधानत्व) |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. amnā (अम्ना) is amna (अम्न). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular.
syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. acodanābhidhānatvāt (अचोदनाभिधानत्वात्) is acodanābhidhānatva (अचोदनाभिधानत्व). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
acodanābhidhānatvāt (अचोदनाभिधानत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss amnā (अम्ना) and syād (स्याद्).
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