7.2.5
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.2.5
नौत्पत्तिकत्वात्
nautpattikatvāt
The line
Not because of otpattikatva (ओत्पत्तिकत्व).
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. śabda-mātram (शब्द-मात्रम्) from 7.2.4 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) + otpattikatvāt (ओत्पत्तिकत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| otpattikatvāt (ओत्पत्तिकत्वात्) | ablative singular | otpattikatva (ओत्पत्तिकत्व) |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
otpattikatvāt (ओत्पत्तिकत्वात्) is otpattikatva (ओत्पत्तिकत्व). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
otpattikatvāt (ओत्पत्तिकत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss otpattikatvāt (ओत्पत्तिकत्वात्).
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