3.2.23
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.2.23
सर्वेषां चोपदिष्टत्वात्
sarveṣāṃ copadiṣṭatvāt
The line
Of of all, because of copadiṣṭatva (चोपदिष्टत्व).
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. anarthakaḥ (अनर्थकः) from 3.2.22 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: sarveṣāṃ (सर्वेषां) + copadiṣṭatvāt (चोपदिष्टत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sarveṣāṃ (सर्वेषां) | genitive plural | of all |
| copadiṣṭatvāt (चोपदिष्टत्वात्) | ablative singular | copadiṣṭatva (चोपदिष्टत्व) |
The phrases
sarveṣāṃ (सर्वेषां) is of all. It stands as genitive plural.
copadiṣṭatvāt (चोपदिष्टत्वात्) is copadiṣṭatva (चोपदिष्टत्व). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
copadiṣṭatvāt (चोपदिष्टत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sarveṣāṃ (सर्वेषां) and copadiṣṭatvāt (चोपदिष्टत्वात्).
Next
3.2.24. By means of a compound: a mark, a name, and not, of bhakṣārthatānuvāka (भक्षार्थतानुवाक).