3.6.38
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.6.38
तद्वत्प्रयोजनैकत्वात्
tadvatprayojanaikatvāt
The line
Because of a compound: that, possessing, a purpose, one, and the state of being 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 line is short. prati-nidhiḥ (प्रति-निधिः) from 3.6.37 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: tad-vat-prayojana-eka-tvāt (तद्-वत्-प्रयोजन-एक-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tad-vat-prayojana-eka-tvāt (तद्-वत्-प्रयोजन-एक-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: that, possessing, a purpose, one, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
tad-vat-prayojana-eka-tvāt (तद्-वत्-प्रयोजन-एक-त्वात्) is a compound: that, possessing, a purpose, one, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Hold the words in that order. The English of the whole line comes after them.
Sanskrit in this line
tad-vat-prayojana-eka-tvāt (तद्-वत्-प्रयोजन-एक-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tad-vat-prayojana-eka-tvāt (तद्-वत्-प्रयोजन-एक-त्वात्).
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3.6.39. A compound: aśāstra (अशास्त्र), a mark, and tvāca (त्वाच) and.