3.7.33
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.7.33
न वा परिसंख्यानात्
na vā parisaṃkhyānāt
The line
Not or, because of a compound: a limitation that excludes, and not.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 3. Śeṣa (शेष), the subsidiary. How you tell what serves a rite and what the rite serves. The line is short. karma-kāryāt (कर्म-कार्यात्) from 3.7.32 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 (वा) + parisaṃkhyā-nāt (परिसंख्या-नात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| parisaṃkhyā-nāt (परिसंख्या-नात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a limitation that excludes, and not. Read it from the end |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
parisaṃkhyā-nāt (परिसंख्या-नात्) is a compound: a limitation that excludes, and not. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
parisaṃkhyā-nāt (परिसंख्या-नात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss parisaṃkhyā-nāt (परिसंख्या-नात्).