3.6.39
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.6.39
अशास्त्रलक्षणत्वाच् च
aśāstralakṣaṇatvāc ca
The line
A compound: aśāstra (अशास्त्र), a mark, and tvāca (त्वाच) 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. tad-vat-prayojana-eka-tvāt (तद्-वत्-प्रयोजन-एक-त्वात्) from 3.6.38 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: aśāstra-lakṣaṇa-tvāca (अशास्त्र-लक्षण-त्वाच) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| aśāstra-lakṣaṇa-tvāca (अशास्त्र-लक्षण-त्वाच) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: aśāstra (अशास्त्र), a mark, and tvāca (त्वाच). Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
aśāstra-lakṣaṇa-tvāca (अशास्त्र-लक्षण-त्वाच) is a compound: aśāstra (अशास्त्र), a mark, and tvāca (त्वाच). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
aśāstra-lakṣaṇa-tvāca (अशास्त्र-लक्षण-त्वाच) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss aśāstra-lakṣaṇa-tvāca (अशास्त्र-लक्षण-त्वाच).
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3.6.40. A compound: a restriction, and a thing, a meaning, a compound: a quality, and heard.