3.7.44
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.7.44
पुरोऽनुवाक्याधिकारो वा प्रैषसन्निधानात्
puro 'nuvākyādhikāro vā praiṣasannidhānāt
The line
Of old, a compound: an atom, a sentence, and eligibility or, because of a compound: praiṣa (प्रैष), and presence, being at hand.
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: puro (पुरो) + anu-vākya-adhikāraḥ (अनु-वाक्य-अधिकारः) + vā (वा) + praiṣa-sannidhānāt (प्रैष-सन्निधानात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| puro (पुरो) | nominative singular, masculine | of old |
| anu-vākya-adhikāraḥ (अनु-वाक्य-अधिकारः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: an atom, a sentence, and eligibility. Read it from the end |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| praiṣa-sannidhānāt (प्रैष-सन्निधानात्) | ablative singular | a compound: praiṣa (प्रैष), and presence, being at hand. Read it from the end |
The phrases
puro (पुरो) is of old. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. anu-vākya-adhikāraḥ (अनु-वाक्य-अधिकारः) is a compound: an atom, a sentence, and eligibility. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped.
vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. praiṣa-sannidhānāt (प्रैष-सन्निधानात्) is a compound: praiṣa (प्रैष), and presence, being at hand. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
anu-vākya-adhikāraḥ (अनु-वाक्य-अधिकारः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss puro (पुरो) and anu-vākya-adhikāraḥ (अनु-वाक्य-अधिकारः).