12.2.38
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 12 / 12.2.38
अशास्त्रलक्षणत्वाच् च
aśāstralakṣaṇatvāc ca
The line
A compound: aśāstra (अशास्त्र), a mark, and tvāca (त्वाच) and.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 12. Prasaṅga (प्रसङ्ग), incidental application, and vikalpa (विकल्प), option. The line is short. vā-avirodhāt (वा-अविरोधात्) from 12.2.37 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: aśāstra-lakṣaṇa-tvāca (अशास्त्र-लक्षण-त्वाच) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| aśāstra-lakṣaṇa-tvāca (अशास्त्र-लक्षण-त्वाच) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: aśāstra (अशास्त्र), a mark, and tvāca (त्वाच). Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
aśāstra-lakṣaṇa-tvāca (अशास्त्र-लक्षण-त्वाच) is a compound: aśāstra (अशास्त्र), a mark, and tvāca (त्वाच). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
aśāstra-lakṣaṇa-tvāca (अशास्त्र-लक्षण-त्वाच) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss aśāstra-lakṣaṇa-tvāca (अशास्त्र-लक्षण-त्वाच).