8.3.29
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.3.29
निष्पन्नग्रहणान् नेति चेत्
niṣpannagrahaṇān neti cet
The line
If you say that a compound: niṣpanna (निष्पन्न), and a grasping, not, 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. guṇāveśaś (गुणावेशश्) from 8.3.28 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: niṣpanna-grahaṇān (निष्पन्न-ग्रहणान्) + na (न) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| niṣpanna-grahaṇān (निष्पन्न-ग्रहणान्) | accusative plural, masculine | a compound: niṣpanna (निष्पन्न), and a grasping. Read it from the end |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
The phrases
niṣpanna-grahaṇān (निष्पन्न-ग्रहणान्) is a compound: niṣpanna (निष्पन्न), and a grasping. Read it from the end. It stands as accusative plural, masculine. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as neti. cet (चेत्) is if you say, if. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
niṣpanna-grahaṇān (निष्पन्न-ग्रहणान्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line joins them as neti.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss niṣpanna-grahaṇān (निष्पन्न-ग्रहणान्).
Next
8.3.30. A compound: so, searching, also, even, and it would be.