2.1.42
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.1.42
अर्थाच् च
arthāc ca
The line
Because of from the meaning, from the thing 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. vacanād (वचनाद्) from 2.1.41 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: arthāt (अर्थात्) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| arthāt (अर्थात्) | ablative singular | from the meaning, from the thing |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
arthāt (अर्थात्) is from the meaning, from the thing. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it arthāc (अर्थाच्).
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
arthāt (अर्थात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it arthāc (अर्थाच्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss arthāt (अर्थात्).
Next
2.1.43. A compound: a quality, and a thing, a meaning, a designation.