3.6.41
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.6.41
संस्थास् तु समानविधानाः प्रकरणाविशेषात्
saṃsthās tu samānavidhānāḥ prakaraṇāviśeṣāt
The line
saṃsthās (संस्थास्) but, a compound: the same, and a rule, because of a compound: the context, and no difference.
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: saṃsthās (संस्थास्) + tu (तु) + samāna-vidhānāḥ (समान-विधानाः) + prakaraṇa-aviśeṣāt (प्रकरण-अविशेषात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| saṃsthās (संस्थास्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| samāna-vidhānāḥ (समान-विधानाः) | nominative plural | a compound: the same, and a rule. Read it from the end |
| prakaraṇa-aviśeṣāt (प्रकरण-अविशेषात्) | ablative singular | a compound: the context, and no difference. Read it from the end |
The phrases
saṃsthās (संस्थास्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable.
samāna-vidhānāḥ (समान-विधानाः) is a compound: the same, and a rule. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative plural. prakaraṇa-aviśeṣāt (प्रकरण-अविशेषात्) is a compound: the context, and no difference. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
prakaraṇa-aviśeṣāt (प्रकरण-अविशेषात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss saṃsthās (संस्थास्) and samāna-vidhānāḥ (समान-विधानाः).
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