3.5.52
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.5.52
अनुप्रसर्पिषु सामान्यात्
anuprasarpiṣu sāmānyāt
The line
In anuprasarpa (अनुप्रसर्प), because of a common case.
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. liṅgadarśanāc (लिङ्गदर्शनाच्) from 3.5.51 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: anuprasarpiṣu (अनुप्रसर्पिषु) + sāmānyāt (सामान्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| anuprasarpiṣu (अनुप्रसर्पिषु) | locative plural | anuprasarpa (अनुप्रसर्प) |
| sāmānyāt (सामान्यात्) | ablative singular | a common case |
The phrases
anuprasarpiṣu (अनुप्रसर्पिषु) is anuprasarpa (अनुप्रसर्प). It stands as locative plural.
sāmānyāt (सामान्यात्) is a common case. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
anuprasarpiṣu (अनुप्रसर्पिषु) is locative plural. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss anuprasarpiṣu (अनुप्रसर्पिषु) and sāmānyāt (सामान्यात्).