3.3.15
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.3.15
अहीनो वा प्रकरणाद् गौणः
ahīno vā prakaraṇād gauṇaḥ
The line
ahīna (अहीन) or, because of because of the context, secondary.
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 words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: ahīno (अहीनो) + vā (वा) + prakaraṇāt (प्रकरणात्) + gauṇaḥ (गौणः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ahīno (अहीनो) | nominative singular, masculine | ahīna (अहीन) |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| prakaraṇāt (प्रकरणात्) | ablative singular | because of the context |
| gauṇaḥ (गौणः) | nominative singular, masculine | secondary |
The phrases
ahīno (अहीनो) is ahīna (अहीन). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
prakaraṇāt (प्रकरणात्) is because of the context. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it prakaraṇād (प्रकरणाद्). gauṇaḥ (गौणः) is secondary. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
prakaraṇāt (प्रकरणात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it prakaraṇād (प्रकरणाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ahīno (अहीनो) and prakaraṇāt (प्रकरणात्).