10.3.63
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.3.63
प्राकाशौ तथेति चेत्
prākāśau tatheti cet
The line
If you say that prākāśa (प्राकाश), so, in that way, then.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 10. Bādha (बाध): when a transferred detail is excluded. The line is short. eke (एके) from 10.3.62 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: prākāśau (प्राकाशौ) + tathā (तथा) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| prākāśau (प्राकाशौ) | nominative or accusative dual, or locative singular | prākāśa (प्राकाश) |
| tathā (तथा) | indeclinable | so, in that way |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
The phrases
prākāśau (प्राकाशौ) is prākāśa (प्राकाश). It stands as nominative or accusative dual, or locative singular. tathā (तथा) is so, in that way. 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 tatheti. cet (चेत्) is if you say, if. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
prākāśau (प्राकाशौ) is nominative or accusative dual, or locative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins it on as tatheti.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss prākāśau (प्राकाशौ).