3.6.46
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.6.46
प्रतिषेधाच् च पूर्वलिङ्गनाम्
pratiṣedhāc ca pūrvaliṅganām
The line
Because of a denial and, of a compound: the earlier, a mark, and not.
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. bacanāt (बचनात्) from 3.6.45 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: pratiṣedhāt (प्रतिषेधात्) + ca (च) + pūrva-liṅga-nām (पूर्व-लिङ्ग-नाम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| pratiṣedhāt (प्रतिषेधात्) | ablative singular | a denial |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| pūrva-liṅga-nām (पूर्व-लिङ्ग-नाम्) | genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine | a compound: the earlier, a mark, and not. Read it from the end |
The phrases
pratiṣedhāt (प्रतिषेधात्) is a denial. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it pratiṣedhāc (प्रतिषेधाच्). ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
pūrva-liṅga-nām (पूर्व-लिङ्ग-नाम्) is a compound: the earlier, a mark, and not. Read it from the end. It stands as genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine.
Sanskrit in this line
pūrva-liṅga-nām (पूर्व-लिङ्ग-नाम्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it pratiṣedhāc (प्रतिषेधाच्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss pratiṣedhāt (प्रतिषेधात्) and pūrva-liṅga-nām (पूर्व-लिङ्ग-नाम्).
Next
3.6.47. Because of a compound: a quality, and a difference, of one, a designation.