7.4.17
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.4.17
न वार्थधर्मत्वात् संघातस्य गुणत्वात्
na vārthadharmatvāt saṃghātasya guṇatvāt
The line
Not because of a compound: or, a thing, a meaning, dharma, a property, and the state of being that, of saṃghāta (संघात), because of a compound: a quality, 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 words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: na (न) + vā-artha-dharma-tvāt (वा-अर्थ-धर्म-त्वात्) + saṃghātasya (संघातस्य) + guṇa-tvāt (गुण-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| vā-artha-dharma-tvāt (वा-अर्थ-धर्म-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: or, a thing, a meaning, dharma, a property, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| saṃghātasya (संघातस्य) | genitive singular | saṃghāta (संघात) |
| guṇa-tvāt (गुण-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a quality, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. vā-artha-dharma-tvāt (वा-अर्थ-धर्म-त्वात्) is a compound: or, a thing, a meaning, dharma, a property, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
saṃghātasya (संघातस्य) is saṃghāta (संघात). It stands as genitive singular. guṇa-tvāt (गुण-त्वात्) is a compound: a quality, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
vā-artha-dharma-tvāt (वा-अर्थ-धर्म-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vā-artha-dharma-tvāt (वा-अर्थ-धर्म-त्वात्) and saṃghātasya (संघातस्य).