2.2.3
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.2.3
प्रकरणं तु पौर्णमास्यां रूपावचनात्
prakaraṇaṃ tu paurṇamāsyāṃ rūpāvacanāt
The line
The context but, of paurṇamāsya (पौर्णमास्य), because of a compound: rūpā (रूपा), and a statement.
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 words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: prakaraṇaṃ (प्रकरणं) + tu (तु) + paurṇamāsyāṃ (पौर्णमास्यां) + rūpā-vacanāt (रूपा-वचनात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| prakaraṇaṃ (प्रकरणं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | the context |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| paurṇamāsyāṃ (पौर्णमास्यां) | genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine | paurṇamāsya (पौर्णमास्य) |
| rūpā-vacanāt (रूपा-वचनात्) | ablative singular | a compound: rūpā (रूपा), and a statement. Read it from the end |
The phrases
prakaraṇaṃ (प्रकरणं) is the context. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable.
paurṇamāsyāṃ (पौर्णमास्यां) is paurṇamāsya (पौर्णमास्य). It stands as genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine. rūpā-vacanāt (रूपा-वचनात्) is a compound: rūpā (रूपा), and a statement. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
paurṇamāsyāṃ (पौर्णमास्यां) is genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss prakaraṇaṃ (प्रकरणं) and paurṇamāsyāṃ (पौर्णमास्यां).