11.1.49
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.1.49
बह्वर्थत्वाच् च
bahvarthatvāc ca
The line
Because of a compound: many, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that and.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 11. One performance serving many purposes, and when the acts stay separate. The line is short. sākalya-vidhānāt (साकल्य-विधानात्) from 11.1.48 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: bahu-artha-tvāt (बहु-अर्थ-त्वात्) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| bahu-artha-tvāt (बहु-अर्थ-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: many, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
bahu-artha-tvāt (बहु-अर्थ-त्वात्) is a compound: many, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it bahvarthatvāc (बह्वर्थत्वाच्).
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
bahu-artha-tvāt (बहु-अर्थ-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it bahvarthatvāc (बह्वर्थत्वाच्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss bahu-artha-tvāt (बहु-अर्थ-त्वात्).