12.4.18
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 12 / 12.4.18
* तस्य च देवतार्थत्वात्
* tasya ca devatārthatvāt
The line
***, of of that, his and, because of a compound: a deity, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 12. Prasaṅga (प्रसङ्ग), incidental application, and vikalpa (विकल्प), option. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: + tasya (तस्य) + ca (च) + devatā-artha-tvāt (देवता-अर्थ-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it | |
| tasya (तस्य) | genitive singular | of that, his |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| devatā-artha-tvāt (देवता-अर्थ-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a deity, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
**is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.tasya* is of that, his. It stands as genitive singular.
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. devatā-artha-tvāt (देवता-अर्थ-त्वात्) is a compound: a deity, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
devatā-artha-tvāt (देवता-अर्थ-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss **and (अन्द्)tasya*.