3.5.38
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.5.38
वचनाच् च
vacanāc ca
The line
Because of because of a statement 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. hotā (होता) from 3.5.37 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: vacanāt (वचनात्) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vacanāt (वचनात्) | ablative singular | because of a statement |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
vacanāt (वचनात्) is because of a statement. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it vacanāc (वचनाच्).
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
vacanāt (वचनात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it vacanāc (वचनाच्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vacanāt (वचनात्).