3.2.5
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.2.5
तथाहवानमपीति चेत्
tathāhavānam apīti cet
The line
If you say that a compound: so, and havāna (हवान) even, then.
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. guṇāt (गुणात्) from 3.2.4 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: tathā-havānam (तथा-हवानम्) + api (अपि) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tathā-havānam (तथा-हवानम्) | accusative singular, masculine | a compound: so, and havāna (हवान). Read it from the end |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
The phrases
tathā-havānam (तथा-हवानम्) is a compound: so, and havāna (हवान). Read it from the end. It stands as accusative singular, masculine. api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable.
iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as apīti (अपीति). cet (चेत्) is if you say, if. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
tathā-havānam (तथा-हवानम्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line joins them as apīti (अपीति).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tathā-havānam (तथा-हवानम्).
Next
3.2.6. Not a compound: time, and vidha (विध), because of coditatva (चोदितत्व).