3.5.7
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.5.7
अवत्तत्वाच् च जुह्वां तस्य च होमसंयोगात्
avattatvāc ca juhvāṃ tasya ca homasaṃyogāt
The line
Because of avattatva (अवत्तत्व) and, of juhva (जुह्व), of of that, his and, because of a compound: homa (होम), and conjunction.
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 words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: avattatvāc (अवत्तत्वाच्) + ca (च) + juhvāṃ (जुह्वां) + tasya (तस्य) + ca (च) + homa-saṃyogāt (होम-संयोगात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| avattatvāc (अवत्तत्वाच्) | ablative singular | avattatva (अवत्तत्व) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| juhvāṃ (जुह्वां) | genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine | juhva (जुह्व) |
| tasya (तस्य) | genitive singular | of that, his |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| homa-saṃyogāt (होम-संयोगात्) | ablative singular | a compound: homa (होम), and conjunction. Read it from the end |
The phrases
avattatvāc (अवत्तत्वाच्) is avattatva (अवत्तत्व). It stands as ablative singular. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. juhvāṃ (जुह्वां) is juhva (जुह्व). It stands as genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine.
tasya (तस्य) is of that, his. It stands as genitive singular. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. homa-saṃyogāt (होम-संयोगात्) is a compound: homa (होम), and conjunction. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
homa-saṃyogāt (होम-संयोगात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss avattatvāc (अवत्तत्वाच्) and juhvāṃ (जुह्वां).