3.4.7
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.4.7
तत्प्रधाने वा तुल्यवत् प्रसंख्यानादितरस्य तदर्थत्वात्
tatpradhāne vā tulyavat prasaṃkhyānād itarasya tadarthatvāt
The line
In having that as its main thing or, a compound: like, equal, and possessing, because of prasaṃkhyāna (प्रसंख्यान), of the other, because of because it is for the sake of 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 words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: tatpradhāne (तत्प्रधाने) + vā (वा) + tulya-vat (तुल्य-वत्) + prasaṃkhyānād (प्रसंख्यानाद्) + itarasya (इतरस्य) + tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tatpradhāne (तत्प्रधाने) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | having that as its main thing |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| tulya-vat (तुल्य-वत्) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: like, equal, and possessing. Read it from the end |
| prasaṃkhyānād (प्रसंख्यानाद्) | ablative singular | prasaṃkhyāna (प्रसंख्यान) |
| itarasya (इतरस्य) | genitive singular | the other |
| tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) | ablative singular | because it is for the sake of that |
The phrases
tatpradhāne (तत्प्रधाने) is having that as its main thing. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. tulya-vat (तुल्य-वत्) is a compound: like, equal, and possessing. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
prasaṃkhyānād (प्रसंख्यानाद्) is prasaṃkhyāna (प्रसंख्यान). It stands as ablative singular. itarasya (इतरस्य) is the other. It stands as genitive singular. tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) is because it is for the sake of that. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
prasaṃkhyānād (प्रसंख्यानाद्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tatpradhāne (तत्प्रधाने) and tulya-vat (तुल्य-वत्).
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