3.6.19
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.6.19
स्थानाच् च पूर्वस्य
sthānāc ca pūrvasya
The line
Because of the place, the order and, of the earlier.
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. tulyaḥ (तुल्यः) from 3.6.18 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: sthānāt (स्थानात्) + ca (च) + pūrvasya (पूर्वस्य)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sthānāt (स्थानात्) | ablative singular | the place, the order |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| pūrvasya (पूर्वस्य) | genitive singular | the earlier |
The phrases
sthānāt (स्थानात्) is the place, the order. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it sthānāc (स्थानाच्). ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
pūrvasya (पूर्वस्य) is the earlier. It stands as genitive singular.
Sanskrit in this line
pūrvasya (पूर्वस्य) is genitive singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it sthānāc (स्थानाच्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sthānāt (स्थानात्) and pūrvasya (पूर्वस्य).