3.2.21
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.2.21
तदाख्यो वा प्रकरणोपपत्तिभ्याम्
tadākhyo vā prakaraṇopapattibhyām
The line
tadākhya (तदाख्य) or, of a compound: the context, a fitting, and bhya (भ्य).
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. adhikāre (अधिकारे) from 3.2.20 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: tadākhyo (तदाख्यो) + vā (वा) + prakaraṇa-upapatti-bhyām (प्रकरण-उपपत्ति-भ्याम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tadākhyo (तदाख्यो) | nominative singular, masculine | tadākhya (तदाख्य) |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| prakaraṇa-upapatti-bhyām (प्रकरण-उपपत्ति-भ्याम्) | genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine | a compound: the context, a fitting, and bhya (भ्य). Read it from the end |
The phrases
tadākhyo (तदाख्यो) is tadākhya (तदाख्य). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
prakaraṇa-upapatti-bhyām (प्रकरण-उपपत्ति-भ्याम्) is a compound: the context, a fitting, and bhya (भ्य). Read it from the end. It stands as genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine.
Sanskrit in this line
prakaraṇa-upapatti-bhyām (प्रकरण-उपपत्ति-भ्याम्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tadākhyo (तदाख्यो) and prakaraṇa-upapatti-bhyām (प्रकरण-उपपत्ति-भ्याम्).