12.4.8
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 12 / 12.4.8
संस्कारे च तत्प्रधानत्वात्
saṃskāre ca tatpradhānatvāt
The line
In a compounded thing and, because of because that is its main thing.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 12. Prasaṅga (प्रसङ्ग), incidental application, and vikalpa (विकल्प), option. The line is short. samuccayañ (समुच्चयञ्) from 12.4.7 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: saṃskāre (संस्कारे) + ca (च) + tatpradhānatvāt (तत्प्रधानत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| saṃskāre (संस्कारे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compounded thing |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| tatpradhānatvāt (तत्प्रधानत्वात्) | ablative singular | because that is its main thing |
The phrases
saṃskāre (संस्कारे) is a compounded thing. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
tatpradhānatvāt (तत्प्रधानत्वात्) is because that is its main thing. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
tatpradhānatvāt (तत्प्रधानत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss saṃskāre (संस्कारे) and tatpradhānatvāt (तत्प्रधानत्वात्).