3.4.47
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.4.47
मुख्याद् वा पूर्वकालत्वात्
mukhyād vā pūrvakālatvāt
The line
Because of primary or, because of a compound: the earlier, time, and the state of being that.
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. eka-smāt (एक-स्मात्) from 3.4.46 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: mukhyāt (मुख्यात्) + vā (वा) + pūrva-kāla-tvāt (पूर्व-काल-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| mukhyāt (मुख्यात्) | ablative singular | primary |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| pūrva-kāla-tvāt (पूर्व-काल-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: the earlier, time, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
mukhyāt (मुख्यात्) is primary. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it mukhyād (मुख्याद्). vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
pūrva-kāla-tvāt (पूर्व-काल-त्वात्) is a compound: the earlier, time, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
pūrva-kāla-tvāt (पूर्व-काल-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it mukhyād (मुख्याद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss mukhyāt (मुख्यात्) and pūrva-kāla-tvāt (पूर्व-काल-त्वात्).