3.6.35
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.6.35
अग्न्यङ्गमप्रकरणे तद्वत्
agnyaṅgam aprakaraṇe tadvat
The line
A compound: fire, and a limb, a subsidiary part, in aprakaraṇa (अप्रकरण), like 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 words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: agni-aṅgam (अग्नि-अङ्गम्) + aprakaraṇe (अप्रकरणे) + tadvat (तद्वत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| agni-aṅgam (अग्नि-अङ्गम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: fire, and a limb, a subsidiary part. Read it from the end |
| aprakaraṇe (अप्रकरणे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | aprakaraṇa (अप्रकरण) |
| tadvat (तद्वत्) | indeclinable | like that |
The phrases
agni-aṅgam (अग्नि-अङ्गम्) is a compound: fire, and a limb, a subsidiary part. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. aprakaraṇe (अप्रकरणे) is aprakaraṇa (अप्रकरण). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
tadvat (तद्वत्) is like that. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
agni-aṅgam (अग्नि-अङ्गम्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss agni-aṅgam (अग्नि-अङ्गम्) and aprakaraṇe (अप्रकरणे).