4.3.7
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.3.7
नार्थपृथक्त्वात्
nārthapṛthaktvāt
The line
Not because of a compound: a thing, a meaning, and separateness.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 4. What is for the rite, and what is for the person. The line is short. śeṣaḥ (शेषः) from 4.3.6 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) + artha-pṛthaktvāt (अर्थ-पृथक्त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| artha-pṛthaktvāt (अर्थ-पृथक्त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a thing, a meaning, and separateness. Read it from the end |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
artha-pṛthaktvāt (अर्थ-पृथक्त्वात्) is a compound: a thing, a meaning, and separateness. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
artha-pṛthaktvāt (अर्थ-पृथक्त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss artha-pṛthaktvāt (अर्थ-पृथक्त्वात्).