7.1.11
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.1.11
न पूर्ववत्वात्
na pūrvavatvāt
The line
Not because of a compound: the earlier, and vatva (वत्व).
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 7. Transfer. The details of a model rite are carried to a variant rite, and where that carrying stops. The line is short. smṛtiḥ (स्मृतिः) from 7.1.10 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) + pūrva-vatvāt (पूर्व-वत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| pūrva-vatvāt (पूर्व-वत्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: the earlier, and vatva (वत्व). Read it from the end |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
pūrva-vatvāt (पूर्व-वत्वात्) is a compound: the earlier, and vatva (वत्व). Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
pūrva-vatvāt (पूर्व-वत्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss pūrva-vatvāt (पूर्व-वत्वात्).