3.2.24
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.2.24
लिङ्गसमाख्यानाभ्यां भक्षार्थतानुवाकस्य
liṅgasamākhyānābhyāṃ bhakṣārthatānuvākasya
The line
By means of a compound: a mark, a name, and not, of bhakṣārthatānuvāka (भक्षार्थतानुवाक).
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. sarveṣāṃ (सर्वेषां) from 3.2.23 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: liṅga-samākhyā-nābhyāṃ (लिङ्ग-समाख्या-नाभ्यां) + bhakṣārthatānuvākasya (भक्षार्थतानुवाकस्य)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| liṅga-samākhyā-nābhyāṃ (लिङ्ग-समाख्या-नाभ्यां) | instrumental, dative, or ablative dual | a compound: a mark, a name, and not. Read it from the end |
| bhakṣārthatānuvākasya (भक्षार्थतानुवाकस्य) | genitive singular | bhakṣārthatānuvāka (भक्षार्थतानुवाक) |
The phrases
liṅga-samākhyā-nābhyāṃ (लिङ्ग-समाख्या-नाभ्यां) is a compound: a mark, a name, and not. Read it from the end. It stands as instrumental, dative, or ablative dual.
bhakṣārthatānuvākasya (भक्षार्थतानुवाकस्य) is bhakṣārthatānuvāka (भक्षार्थतानुवाक). It stands as genitive singular.
Sanskrit in this line
liṅga-samākhyā-nābhyāṃ (लिङ्ग-समाख्या-नाभ्यां) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss liṅga-samākhyā-nābhyāṃ (लिङ्ग-समाख्या-नाभ्यां) and bhakṣārthatānuvākasya (भक्षार्थतानुवाकस्य).