3.8.26
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.8.26
स्वामिनो वा तदर्थत्वात्
svāmino vā tadarthatvāt
The line
An owner or, because of because it is for the sake of that.
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. ṛtvik (ऋत्विक्) from 3.8.25 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: svāminaḥ (स्वामिनः) + vā (वा) + tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| svāminaḥ (स्वामिनः) | nominative singular, masculine | an owner |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) | ablative singular | because it is for the sake of that |
The phrases
svāminaḥ (स्वामिनः) is an owner. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it svāmino (स्वामिनो). vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) is because it is for the sake of that. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it svāmino (स्वामिनो).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss svāminaḥ (स्वामिनः) and tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्).
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3.8.27. Because of because a mark is seen. the final t meets c and.