8.1.8
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.1.8
न वाक्यशेषत्वात्
na vākyaśeṣatvāt
The line
Not because of a compound: a sentence, the rest, what remains over, and the state of being that.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 8. Transfer by specific indications. The signs in a variant rite's own sentence say which model it borrows from. The line is short. vidhiḥ (विधिः) from 8.1.7 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) + vākya-śeṣa-tvāt (वाक्य-शेष-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| vākya-śeṣa-tvāt (वाक्य-शेष-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a sentence, the rest, what remains over, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
vākya-śeṣa-tvāt (वाक्य-शेष-त्वात्) is a compound: a sentence, the rest, what remains over, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
vākya-śeṣa-tvāt (वाक्य-शेष-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vākya-śeṣa-tvāt (वाक्य-शेष-त्वात्).