7.1.21
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.1.21
नेतरार्थत्वात्
netarārthatvāt
The line
Not because of a compound: the other, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that.
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. vihitāmnānān (विहिताम्नानान्) from 7.1.20 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) + itara-artha-tvāt (इतर-अर्थ-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| itara-artha-tvāt (इतर-अर्थ-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: the other, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
itara-artha-tvāt (इतर-अर्थ-त्वात्) is a compound: the other, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
itara-artha-tvāt (इतर-अर्थ-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss itara-artha-tvāt (इतर-अर्थ-त्वात्).
Next
7.1.22. ekakapālaindrāgna (एककपालैन्द्राग्न) and, like that.