7.1.20
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.1.20
विहिताम्नानान् नेति चेत्
vihitāmnānān neti cet
The line
If you say that vihitāmnāna (विहिताम्नान), not, then.
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. liṅgadarśanāc (लिङ्गदर्शनाच्) from 7.1.19 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: vihitāmnānān (विहिताम्नानान्) + na (न) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vihitāmnānān (विहिताम्नानान्) | accusative plural, masculine | vihitāmnāna (विहिताम्नान) |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
The phrases
vihitāmnānān (विहिताम्नानान्) is vihitāmnāna (विहिताम्नान). It stands as accusative plural, masculine. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as neti. cet (चेत्) is if you say, if. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
vihitāmnānān (विहिताम्नानान्) is accusative plural, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as neti.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vihitāmnānān (विहिताम्नानान्).
Next
7.1.21. Not because of a compound: the other, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that.