3.5.22
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.5.22
चमसेषु समाख्यानात् संयोगस्य तन्निमित्तत्त्वात्
camaseṣu samākhyānāt saṃyogasya tannimittattvāt
The line
In camasa (चमस), because of a compound: a name, and not, of conjunction, because of tannimittattva (तन्निमित्तत्त्व).
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: camaseṣu (चमसेषु) + samākhyā-nāt (समाख्या-नात्) + saṃyogasya (संयोगस्य) + tannimittattvāt (तन्निमित्तत्त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| camaseṣu (चमसेषु) | locative plural | camasa (चमस) |
| samākhyā-nāt (समाख्या-नात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a name, and not. Read it from the end |
| saṃyogasya (संयोगस्य) | genitive singular | conjunction |
| tannimittattvāt (तन्निमित्तत्त्वात्) | ablative singular | tannimittattva (तन्निमित्तत्त्व) |
The phrases
camaseṣu (चमसेषु) is camasa (चमस). It stands as locative plural. samākhyā-nāt (समाख्या-नात्) is a compound: a name, and not. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
saṃyogasya (संयोगस्य) is conjunction. It stands as genitive singular. tannimittattvāt (तन्निमित्तत्त्वात्) is tannimittattva (तन्निमित्तत्त्व). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
tannimittattvāt (तन्निमित्तत्त्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss camaseṣu (चमसेषु) and samākhyā-nāt (समाख्या-नात्).