2.2.15

Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.2.15

अप्रकृतत्वाच् च

aprakṛtatvāc ca

The line

A compound: apra (अप्र), made, done, and tvāca (त्वाच) 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. saṃjñopa-bandhāt (संज्ञोप-बन्धात्) from 2.2.14 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).

Split: apra-kṛta-tvāca (अप्र-कृत-त्वाच) + ca (च)

Sanskrit, in depth

The words

WordGrammarSense
apra-kṛta-tvāca (अप्र-कृत-त्वाच)a compound, the ending is on the last membera compound: apra (अप्र), made, done, and tvāca (त्वाच). Read it from the end
ca (च)indeclinableand

The phrases

apra-kṛta-tvāca (अप्र-कृत-त्वाच) is a compound: apra (अप्र), made, done, and tvāca (त्वाच). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.

ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.

Sanskrit in this line

apra-kṛta-tvāca (अप्र-कृत-त्वाच) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.

Say it back

Cover the English. Gloss apra-kṛta-tvāca (अप्र-कृत-त्वाच).

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