3.1.18
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.1.18
आनर्थक्यात्तदङ्गेषु
ānarthakyāttadaṅgeṣu
The line
In ānarthakyāttadaṅga (आनर्थक्यात्तदङ्ग).
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 3. Śeṣa (शेष), the subsidiary. How you tell what serves a rite and what the rite serves. The line is short. vyavasthāvārthasya (व्यवस्थावार्थस्य) from 3.1.17 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: ānarthakyāttadaṅgeṣu (आनर्थक्यात्तदङ्गेषु)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ānarthakyāttadaṅgeṣu (आनर्थक्यात्तदङ्गेषु) | locative plural | ānarthakyāttadaṅga (आनर्थक्यात्तदङ्ग) |
The phrases
ānarthakyāttadaṅgeṣu (आनर्थक्यात्तदङ्गेषु) is ānarthakyāttadaṅga (आनर्थक्यात्तदङ्ग). It stands as locative plural.
Hold the words in that order. The English of the whole line comes after them.
Sanskrit in this line
ānarthakyāttadaṅgeṣu (आनर्थक्यात्तदङ्गेषु) is locative plural. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ānarthakyāttadaṅgeṣu (आनर्थक्यात्तदङ्गेषु).