11.3.5
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.3.5
संस्कारास् त्वावर्तेरन्नर्थकालत्वात्
saṃskārās tv āvarterann arthakālatvāt
The line
A compounded thing, the state of being that, āvarterann (आवर्तेरन्न्), because of a compound: a thing, a meaning, time, and the state of being that.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 11. One performance serving many purposes, and when the acts stay separate. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: saṃskārāḥ (संस्काराः) + tva (त्व) + āvarterann (आवर्तेरन्न्) + artha-kāla-tvāt (अर्थ-काल-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| saṃskārāḥ (संस्काराः) | nominative plural | a compounded thing |
| tva (त्व) | the stem, as the line writes it | the state of being that |
| āvarterann (आवर्तेरन्न्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| artha-kāla-tvāt (अर्थ-काल-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a thing, a meaning, time, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
saṃskārāḥ (संस्काराः) is a compounded thing. It stands as nominative plural. The line writes it saṃskārās (संस्कारास्). tva (त्व) is the state of being that. It stands as the stem, as the line writes it.
āvarterann (आवर्तेरन्न्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. artha-kāla-tvāt (अर्थ-काल-त्वात्) is a compound: a thing, a meaning, time, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
artha-kāla-tvāt (अर्थ-काल-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it saṃskārās (संस्कारास्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss saṃskārāḥ (संस्काराः) and tva (त्व).