7.1.15
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.1.15
नासन्निधानात्
nāsannidhānāt
The line
Not because of a compound: what is not, and nidhāna (निधान).
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. śyenasyeti (श्येनस्येति) from 7.1.14 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) + asat-nidhānāt (असत्-निधानात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| asat-nidhānāt (असत्-निधानात्) | ablative singular | a compound: what is not, and nidhāna (निधान). Read it from the end |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
asat-nidhānāt (असत्-निधानात्) is a compound: what is not, and nidhāna (निधान). Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
asat-nidhānāt (असत्-निधानात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss asat-nidhānāt (असत्-निधानात्).