3.2.30
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.2.30
अनयाद् वा पूर्वस्यानुपलक्षणम्
anayād vā pūrvasyānupalakṣaṇam
The line
Because of anaya (अनय) or, a compound: the earlier, syānupa (स्यानुप), and a mark.
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. punarabhyunnīteṣu (पुनरभ्युन्नीतेषु) from 3.2.29 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: anayād (अनयाद्) + vā (वा) + pūrva-syānupa-lakṣaṇam (पूर्व-स्यानुप-लक्षणम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| anayād (अनयाद्) | ablative singular | anaya (अनय) |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| pūrva-syānupa-lakṣaṇam (पूर्व-स्यानुप-लक्षणम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: the earlier, syānupa (स्यानुप), and a mark. Read it from the end |
The phrases
anayād (अनयाद्) is anaya (अनय). It stands as ablative singular. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
pūrva-syānupa-lakṣaṇam (पूर्व-स्यानुप-लक्षणम्) is a compound: the earlier, syānupa (स्यानुप), and a mark. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
pūrva-syānupa-lakṣaṇam (पूर्व-स्यानुप-लक्षणम्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss anayād (अनयाद्) and pūrva-syānupa-lakṣaṇam (पूर्व-स्यानुप-लक्षणम्).