3.2.19
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.2.19
लिङ्गक्रमसमाख्यानात् काम्ययुक्तं समामनानम्
liṅgakramasamākhyānāt kāmyayuktaṃ samāmanānam
The line
Because of a compound: a mark, order, a name, and not, a compound: kāmya (काम्य), and fit, right, samāmanāna (समामनान).
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 words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: liṅga-krama-samākhyā-nāt (लिङ्ग-क्रम-समाख्या-नात्) + kāmya-yuktaṃ (काम्य-युक्तं) + samāmanānam (समामनानम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| liṅga-krama-samākhyā-nāt (लिङ्ग-क्रम-समाख्या-नात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a mark, order, a name, and not. Read it from the end |
| kāmya-yuktaṃ (काम्य-युक्तं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: kāmya (काम्य), and fit, right. Read it from the end |
| samāmanānam (समामनानम्) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | samāmanāna (समामनान) |
The phrases
liṅga-krama-samākhyā-nāt (लिङ्ग-क्रम-समाख्या-नात्) is a compound: a mark, order, a name, and not. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. kāmya-yuktaṃ (काम्य-युक्तं) is a compound: kāmya (काम्य), and fit, right. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
samāmanānam (समामनानम्) is samāmanāna (समामनान). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
liṅga-krama-samākhyā-nāt (लिङ्ग-क्रम-समाख्या-नात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss liṅga-krama-samākhyā-nāt (लिङ्ग-क्रम-समाख्या-नात्) and kāmya-yuktaṃ (काम्य-युक्तं).