3.6.29
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.6.29
प्रकरणविभागाद् वा तत्संयुक्तस्य कालशास्त्रम्
prakaraṇavibhāgād vā tatsaṃyuktasya kālaśāstram
The line
Because of a compound: the context, and disjunction or, of tatsaṃyukta (तत्संयुक्त), a compound: time, and a teaching, a treatise.
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: prakaraṇa-vibhāgāt (प्रकरण-विभागात्) + vā (वा) + tatsaṃyuktasya (तत्संयुक्तस्य) + kāla-śāstram (काल-शास्त्रम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| prakaraṇa-vibhāgāt (प्रकरण-विभागात्) | ablative singular | a compound: the context, and disjunction. Read it from the end |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| tatsaṃyuktasya (तत्संयुक्तस्य) | genitive singular | tatsaṃyukta (तत्संयुक्त) |
| kāla-śāstram (काल-शास्त्रम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: time, and a teaching, a treatise. Read it from the end |
The phrases
prakaraṇa-vibhāgāt (प्रकरण-विभागात्) is a compound: the context, and disjunction. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it prakaraṇavibhāgād (प्रकरणविभागाद्). vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
tatsaṃyuktasya (तत्संयुक्तस्य) is tatsaṃyukta (तत्संयुक्त). It stands as genitive singular. kāla-śāstram (काल-शास्त्रम्) is a compound: time, and a teaching, a treatise. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
prakaraṇa-vibhāgāt (प्रकरण-विभागात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it prakaraṇavibhāgād (प्रकरणविभागाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss prakaraṇa-vibhāgāt (प्रकरण-विभागात्) and tatsaṃyuktasya (तत्संयुक्तस्य).
Next
3.6.30. Like that, in savanāntara (सवनान्तर), grahāmnāna (ग्रहाम्नान).