7.3.2
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.3.2
अपूर्वे वापि भागित्वात्
apūrve vāpi bhāgitvāt
The line
In the unseen or even, because of bhāgitva (भागित्व).
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. uktaṃ (उक्तं) from 7.3.1 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: apūrve (अपूर्वे) + vā (वा) + api (अपि) + bhāgitvāt (भागित्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| apūrve (अपूर्वे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | the unseen |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| bhāgitvāt (भागित्वात्) | ablative singular | bhāgitva (भागित्व) |
The phrases
apūrve (अपूर्वे) is the unseen. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as vāpi (वापि). bhāgitvāt (भागित्वात्) is bhāgitva (भागित्व). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
bhāgitvāt (भागित्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as vāpi (वापि).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss apūrve (अपूर्वे) and bhāgitvāt (भागित्वात्).
Next
7.3.3. nāmnas (नाम्न), the state of being that, because of autpattikatva (औत्पत्तिकत्व).