2.2.12
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.2.12
प्राये वचनाच् च
prāye vacanāc ca
The line
In prāya (प्राय), because of because of a statement 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. guṇopa-bandhāt (गुणोप-बन्धात्) from 2.2.11 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: prāye (प्राये) + vacanāt (वचनात्) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| prāye (प्राये) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | prāya (प्राय) |
| vacanāt (वचनात्) | ablative singular | because of a statement |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
prāye (प्राये) is prāya (प्राय). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. vacanāt (वचनात्) is because of a statement. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it vacanāc (वचनाच्).
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
vacanāt (वचनात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it vacanāc (वचनाच्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss prāye (प्राये) and vacanāt (वचनात्).
Next
2.2.13. āghārāgnihotra (आघाराग्निहोत्र), because of arūpatva (अरूपत्व).