3.1.25
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.1.25
बाक्यानां च समाप्तत्वात्
bākyānāṃ ca samāptatvāt
The line
Of bākya (बाक्य) and, because of a compound: an equalizing, a rejoinder that turns an example back, a reliable person, and the state of being that.
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. ānantaryam (आनन्तर्यम्) from 3.1.24 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: bākyānāṃ (बाक्यानां) + ca (च) + sama-āpta-tvāt (सम-आप्त-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| bākyānāṃ (बाक्यानां) | genitive plural | bākya (बाक्य) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| sama-āpta-tvāt (सम-आप्त-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: an equalizing, a rejoinder that turns an example back, a reliable person, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
bākyānāṃ (बाक्यानां) is bākya (बाक्य). It stands as genitive plural. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
sama-āpta-tvāt (सम-आप्त-त्वात्) is a compound: an equalizing, a rejoinder that turns an example back, a reliable person, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
sama-āpta-tvāt (सम-आप्त-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss bākyānāṃ (बाक्यानां) and sama-āpta-tvāt (सम-आप्त-त्वात्).