7.3.18
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.3.18
निर्मन्थ्यादिषु चैवम्
nirmanthyādiṣu caivam
The line
In nirmanthyāda (निर्मन्थ्याद) and thus.
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. guṇa-vidhiḥ (गुण-विधिः) from 7.3.17 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: nirmanthyādiṣu (निर्मन्थ्यादिषु) + ca (च) + evam (एवम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| nirmanthyādiṣu (निर्मन्थ्यादिषु) | locative plural | nirmanthyāda (निर्मन्थ्याद) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| evam (एवम्) | indeclinable | in this way |
The phrases
nirmanthyādiṣu (निर्मन्थ्यादिषु) is nirmanthyāda (निर्मन्थ्याद). It stands as locative plural. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
evam (एवम्) is in this way. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as caivam.
Sanskrit in this line
nirmanthyādiṣu (निर्मन्थ्यादिषु) is locative plural. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as caivam.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss nirmanthyādiṣu (निर्मन्थ्यादिषु).
Next
7.3.19. praṇayana (प्रणयन) but, saumika (सौमिक), avācya (अवाच्य). The other.