3.5.39
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.5.39
कारणानुपूर्व्याच् च
kāraṇānupūrvyāc ca
The line
Because of kāraṇānupūrvya (कारणानुपूर्व्य) 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. vacanāt (वचनात्) from 3.5.38 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: kāraṇānupūrvyāc (कारणानुपूर्व्याच्) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kāraṇānupūrvyāc (कारणानुपूर्व्याच्) | ablative singular | kāraṇānupūrvya (कारणानुपूर्व्य) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
kāraṇānupūrvyāc (कारणानुपूर्व्याच्) is kāraṇānupūrvya (कारणानुपूर्व्य). It stands as ablative singular.
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
kāraṇānupūrvyāc (कारणानुपूर्व्याच्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kāraṇānupūrvyāc (कारणानुपूर्व्याच्).