3.5.2
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.5.2
कारणाच् च
kāraṇāc ca
The line
Because of from a cause and.
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. ājyāt (आज्यात्) from 3.5.1 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: kāraṇāt (कारणात्) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kāraṇāt (कारणात्) | ablative singular | from a cause |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
kāraṇāt (कारणात्) is from a cause. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it kāraṇāc (कारणाच्).
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
kāraṇāt (कारणात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it kāraṇāc (कारणाच्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kāraṇāt (कारणात्).