3.7.42
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.7.42
तद्वच् च लिङ्गदर्शम्
tadvac ca liṅgadarśam
The line
tadvac (तद्वच्) and, a compound: a mark, and the new-moon rite.
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. tasyopa-deśa-samākhyā-nena (तस्योप-देश-समाख्या-नेन) from 3.7.41 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: tadvac (तद्वच्) + ca (च) + liṅga-darśam (लिङ्ग-दर्शम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tadvac (तद्वच्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| liṅga-darśam (लिङ्ग-दर्शम्) | accusative singular, masculine | a compound: a mark, and the new-moon rite. Read it from the end |
The phrases
tadvac (तद्वच्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
liṅga-darśam (लिङ्ग-दर्शम्) is a compound: a mark, and the new-moon rite. Read it from the end. It stands as accusative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
liṅga-darśam (लिङ्ग-दर्शम्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tadvac (तद्वच्) and liṅga-darśam (लिङ्ग-दर्शम्).