11.2.22
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.2.22
प्रथमस्य वा कालवचनम्
prathamasya vā kālavacanam
The line
Of first or, a compound: time, and a statement.
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. karma-pṛtha-katvāt (कर्म-पृथ-कत्वात्) from 11.2.21 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: prathamasya (प्रथमस्य) + vā (वा) + kāla-vacanam (काल-वचनम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| prathamasya (प्रथमस्य) | genitive singular | first |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| kāla-vacanam (काल-वचनम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: time, and a statement. Read it from the end |
The phrases
prathamasya (प्रथमस्य) is first. It stands as genitive singular. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
kāla-vacanam (काल-वचनम्) is a compound: time, and a statement. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
kāla-vacanam (काल-वचनम्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss prathamasya (प्रथमस्य) and kāla-vacanam (काल-वचनम्).