3.5.29
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.5.29
चमसिनां वा सन्निधानात्
camasināṃ vā sannidhānāt
The line
Of camasina (चमसिन) or, because of presence, being at hand.
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. hāriyo-jane (हारियो-जने) from 3.5.28 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: camasināṃ (चमसिनां) + vā (वा) + sannidhānāt (सन्निधानात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| camasināṃ (चमसिनां) | genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine | camasina (चमसिन) |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| sannidhānāt (सन्निधानात्) | ablative singular | presence, being at hand |
The phrases
camasināṃ (चमसिनां) is camasina (चमसिन). It stands as genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
sannidhānāt (सन्निधानात्) is presence, being at hand. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
sannidhānāt (सन्निधानात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss camasināṃ (चमसिनां) and sannidhānāt (सन्निधानात्).