9.4.3
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 9 / 9.4.3
न गुणादर्थकृतत्वाच् च
na guṇād arthakṛtatvāc ca
The line
Not because of a quality, because of a compound: a thing, a meaning, made, done, and the state of being that and.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 9. Ūha (ऊह): adapting mantras and details when they are transferred. The line is short. abhyāse (अभ्यासे) from 9.4.2 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) + guṇāt (गुणात्) + artha-kṛta-tvāt (अर्थ-कृत-त्वात्) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| guṇāt (गुणात्) | ablative singular | a quality |
| artha-kṛta-tvāt (अर्थ-कृत-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a thing, a meaning, made, done, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. guṇāt (गुणात्) is a quality. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it guṇād (गुणाद्).
artha-kṛta-tvāt (अर्थ-कृत-त्वात्) is a compound: a thing, a meaning, made, done, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it arthakṛtatvāc (अर्थकृतत्वाच्). ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
artha-kṛta-tvāt (अर्थ-कृत-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it guṇād (गुणाद्). The line writes it arthakṛtatvāc (अर्थकृतत्वाच्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss guṇāt (गुणात्) and artha-kṛta-tvāt (अर्थ-कृत-त्वात्).
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