2.3.8
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.3.8
विकारो वा प्रकरणात्
vikāro vā prakaraṇāt
The line
A transformation or, because of because of the context.
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. sama-āptaṃ (सम-आप्तं) from 2.3.7 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: vikāraḥ (विकारः) + vā (वा) + prakaraṇāt (प्रकरणात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vikāraḥ (विकारः) | nominative singular, masculine | a transformation |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| prakaraṇāt (प्रकरणात्) | ablative singular | because of the context |
The phrases
vikāraḥ (विकारः) is a transformation. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it vikāro (विकारो). vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
prakaraṇāt (प्रकरणात्) is because of the context. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
prakaraṇāt (प्रकरणात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it vikāro (विकारो).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vikāraḥ (विकारः) and prakaraṇāt (प्रकरणात्).
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