7.3.20
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.3.20
उत्तरवेदिप्रतिषेधश् च तद्वत्
uttaravedipratiṣedhaś ca tadvat
The line
A compound: the later, vedi (वेदि), and a denial and, like 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. praṇayanaṃ (प्रणयनं) from 7.3.19 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: uttara-vedi-pratiṣedhaḥ (उत्तर-वेदि-प्रतिषेधः) + ca (च) + tadvat (तद्वत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| uttara-vedi-pratiṣedhaḥ (उत्तर-वेदि-प्रतिषेधः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: the later, vedi (वेदि), and a denial. Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| tadvat (तद्वत्) | indeclinable | like that |
The phrases
uttara-vedi-pratiṣedhaḥ (उत्तर-वेदि-प्रतिषेधः) is a compound: the later, vedi (वेदि), and a denial. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it uttaravedipratiṣedhaś (उत्तरवेदिप्रतिषेधश्). ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
tadvat (तद्वत्) is like that. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
uttara-vedi-pratiṣedhaḥ (उत्तर-वेदि-प्रतिषेधः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it uttaravedipratiṣedhaś (उत्तरवेदिप्रतिषेधश्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss uttara-vedi-pratiṣedhaḥ (उत्तर-वेदि-प्रतिषेधः) and tadvat (तद्वत्).