2.1.17
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.1.17
व्यपदेशभेदाच् च
vyapadeśabhedāc ca
The line
Because of a compound: a designation, and a difference and.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 2. Which acts are different acts. The word for an action means the act, and from that the differences among rites are drawn. The line is short. śruti-sama-vāyitvāt (श्रुति-सम-वायित्वात्) from 2.1.16 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: vyapadeśa-bhedāt (व्यपदेश-भेदात्) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vyapadeśa-bhedāt (व्यपदेश-भेदात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a designation, and a difference. Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
vyapadeśa-bhedāt (व्यपदेश-भेदात्) is a compound: a designation, and a difference. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it vyapadeśabhedāc (व्यपदेशभेदाच्).
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
vyapadeśa-bhedāt (व्यपदेश-भेदात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it vyapadeśabhedāc (व्यपदेशभेदाच्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vyapadeśa-bhedāt (व्यपदेश-भेदात्).
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