10.3.44
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.3.44
शब्दार्थश् चापि लोकवत्
śabdārthaś cāpi lokavat
The line
A compound: a word, and a thing, a meaning and even, as in the world.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 10. Bādha (बाध): when a transferred detail is excluded. The line is short. asaṃyogād (असंयोगाद्) from 10.3.43 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: śabda-arthaḥ (शब्द-अर्थः) + ca (च) + api (अपि) + lokavat (लोकवत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| śabda-arthaḥ (शब्द-अर्थः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: a word, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| lokavat (लोकवत्) | indeclinable | as in the world |
The phrases
śabda-arthaḥ (शब्द-अर्थः) is a compound: a word, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it śabdārthaś (शब्दार्थश्). ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as cāpi (चापि). lokavat (लोकवत्) is as in the world. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
śabda-arthaḥ (शब्द-अर्थः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it śabdārthaś (शब्दार्थश्). The line joins them as cāpi (चापि).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss śabda-arthaḥ (शब्द-अर्थः) and lokavat (लोकवत्).