3.5.53
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.5.53
ब्रह्मणा वा तुल्यशब्दत्वात्
brahmaṇā vā tulyaśabdatvāt
The line
brahmaṇa (ब्रह्मण) or, because of a compound: like, equal, a word, and the state of being that.
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. anuprasarpiṣu (अनुप्रसर्पिषु) from 3.5.52 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: brahmaṇā (ब्रह्मणा) + vā (वा) + tulya-śabda-tvāt (तुल्य-शब्द-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| brahmaṇā (ब्रह्मणा) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | brahmaṇa (ब्रह्मण) |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| tulya-śabda-tvāt (तुल्य-शब्द-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: like, equal, a word, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
brahmaṇā (ब्रह्मणा) is brahmaṇa (ब्रह्मण). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
tulya-śabda-tvāt (तुल्य-शब्द-त्वात्) is a compound: like, equal, a word, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
tulya-śabda-tvāt (तुल्य-शब्द-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss brahmaṇā (ब्रह्मणा) and tulya-śabda-tvāt (तुल्य-शब्द-त्वात्).
Next
3.6.1. That, all, the thing, for the sake of, because of aprakaraṇa (अप्रकरण).