3.8.38
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.8.38
नाप्रकरणत्वादङ्गस्यातन्निमित्तत्वात्
nāprakaraṇatvād aṅgasyātannimittatvāt
The line
Not because of aprakaraṇatva (अप्रकरणत्व), because of a compound: a limb, a subsidiary part, syāta (स्यात), nnimi (न्निमि), and ttatva (त्तत्व).
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. ādhāne (आधाने) from 3.8.37 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) + aprakaraṇatvād (अप्रकरणत्वाद्) + aṅga-syāta-nnimi-ttatvāt (अङ्ग-स्यात-न्निमि-त्तत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| aprakaraṇatvād (अप्रकरणत्वाद्) | ablative singular | aprakaraṇatva (अप्रकरणत्व) |
| aṅga-syāta-nnimi-ttatvāt (अङ्ग-स्यात-न्निमि-त्तत्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a limb, a subsidiary part, syāta (स्यात), nnimi (न्निमि), and ttatva (त्तत्व). Read it from the end |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. aprakaraṇatvād (अप्रकरणत्वाद्) is aprakaraṇatva (अप्रकरणत्व). It stands as ablative singular.
aṅga-syāta-nnimi-ttatvāt (अङ्ग-स्यात-न्निमि-त्तत्वात्) is a compound: a limb, a subsidiary part, syāta (स्यात), nnimi (न्निमि), and ttatva (त्तत्व). Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
aṅga-syāta-nnimi-ttatvāt (अङ्ग-स्यात-न्निमि-त्तत्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss aprakaraṇatvād (अप्रकरणत्वाद्) and aṅga-syāta-nnimi-ttatvāt (अङ्ग-स्यात-न्निमि-त्तत्वात्).
Next
3.8.39. In a compound: that, and time or, because of because a mark is seen.