3.8.29
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.8.29
व्यपदेशाच् च
vyapadeśāc ca
The line
Because of a designation and.
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. karma-artha (कर्म-अर्थ) from 3.8.28 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: vyapadeśāt (व्यपदेशात्) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vyapadeśāt (व्यपदेशात्) | ablative singular | a designation |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
vyapadeśāt (व्यपदेशात्) is a designation. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it vyapadeśāc (व्यपदेशाच्).
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
vyapadeśāt (व्यपदेशात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it vyapadeśāc (व्यपदेशाच्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vyapadeśāt (व्यपदेशात्).