8.4.11
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.4.11
न वा स्वाहाकारेण संयोगाद् वाषट्कारस्य च निर्देशात् तन्त्रेतेन विप्रतिषेधात्
na vā svāhākāreṇa saṃyogād vāṣaṭkārasya ca nirdeśāt tantretena vipratiṣedhāt
The line
Not or, by means of svāhākāra (स्वाहाकार), because of conjunction, of vāṣaṭkāra (वाषट्कार) and, because of a statement of what the rule is, by means of tantreta (तन्त्रेत), because of a conflict between two rules.
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 words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: na (न) + vā (वा) + svāhākāreṇa (स्वाहाकारेण) + saṃyogāt (संयोगात्) + vāṣaṭkārasya (वाषट्कारस्य) + ca (च) + nirdeśāt (निर्देशात्) + tantretena (तन्त्रेतेन) + vipratiṣedhāt (विप्रतिषेधात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| svāhākāreṇa (स्वाहाकारेण) | instrumental singular | svāhākāra (स्वाहाकार) |
| saṃyogāt (संयोगात्) | ablative singular | conjunction |
| vāṣaṭkārasya (वाषट्कारस्य) | genitive singular | vāṣaṭkāra (वाषट्कार) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| nirdeśāt (निर्देशात्) | ablative singular | a statement of what the rule is |
| tantretena (तन्त्रेतेन) | instrumental singular | tantreta (तन्त्रेत) |
| vipratiṣedhāt (विप्रतिषेधात्) | ablative singular | a conflict between two rules |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. svāhākāreṇa (स्वाहाकारेण) is svāhākāra (स्वाहाकार). It stands as instrumental singular. saṃyogāt (संयोगात्) is conjunction. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it saṃyogād (संयोगाद्). vāṣaṭkārasya (वाषट्कारस्य) is vāṣaṭkāra (वाषट्कार). It stands as genitive singular.
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. nirdeśāt (निर्देशात्) is a statement of what the rule is. It stands as ablative singular. tantretena (तन्त्रेतेन) is tantreta (तन्त्रेत). It stands as instrumental singular. vipratiṣedhāt (विप्रतिषेधात्) is a conflict between two rules. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
vipratiṣedhāt (विप्रतिषेधात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it saṃyogād (संयोगाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss svāhākāreṇa (स्वाहाकारेण) and saṃyogāt (संयोगात्).
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