3.6.37
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.6.37
प्रतिनिधिश् च
pratinidhiś ca
The line
A compound: toward, against, and nidha (निध) and.
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. naimittikam (नैमित्तिकम्) from 3.6.36 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: prati-nidhiḥ (प्रति-निधिः) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| prati-nidhiḥ (प्रति-निधिः) | nominative singular | a compound: toward, against, and nidha (निध). Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
prati-nidhiḥ (प्रति-निधिः) is a compound: toward, against, and nidha (निध). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular. The line writes it pratinidhiś (प्रतिनिधिश्).
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
prati-nidhiḥ (प्रति-निधिः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it pratinidhiś (प्रतिनिधिश्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss prati-nidhiḥ (प्रति-निधिः).
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3.6.38. Because of a compound: that, possessing, a purpose, one, and the state of being that.