8.3.14
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.3.14
न विंशतौ दशेति चेत्
na viṃśatau daśeti cet
The line
If you say that not viṃśata (विंशत), ten, then.
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. tan (तन्) from 8.3.13 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) + viṃśatau (विंशतौ) + daśa (दश) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| viṃśatau (विंशतौ) | nominative or accusative dual, or locative singular | viṃśata (विंशत) |
| daśa (दश) | indeclinable | ten |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. viṃśatau (विंशतौ) is viṃśata (विंशत). It stands as nominative or accusative dual, or locative singular. daśa (दश) is ten. It stands as indeclinable.
iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins it on as daśeti (दशेति). cet (चेत्) is if you say, if. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
viṃśatau (विंशतौ) is nominative or accusative dual, or locative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins it on as daśeti (दशेति).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss viṃśatau (विंशतौ) and daśa (दश).
Next
8.3.15. aikasaṃkhya (ऐकसंख्य) just, it would be, let it be granted.