3.3.12
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.3.12
क्रमश् च देशसामान्यात्
kramaś ca deśasāmānyāt
The line
Order and, because of a compound: a place, and a common case.
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. asaṃyuktaṃ (असंयुक्तं) from 3.3.11 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: kramaḥ (क्रमः) + ca (च) + deśa-sāmānyāt (देश-सामान्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kramaḥ (क्रमः) | nominative singular, masculine | order |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| deśa-sāmānyāt (देश-सामान्यात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a place, and a common case. Read it from the end |
The phrases
kramaḥ (क्रमः) is order. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it kramaś (क्रमश्). ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
deśa-sāmānyāt (देश-सामान्यात्) is a compound: a place, and a common case. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
deśa-sāmānyāt (देश-सामान्यात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it kramaś (क्रमश्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kramaḥ (क्रमः) and deśa-sāmānyāt (देश-सामान्यात्).
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3.3.13. ākhya (आख्य), caivama (चैवम), because of because it is for the sake of that.