3.8.35
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.8.35
मुख्यार्थो वाङ्गस्याचोदितत्वात्
mukhyārtho vāṅgasyācoditatvāt
The line
A compound: primary, and a thing, a meaning, because of vāṅgasyācoditatva (वाङ्गस्याचोदितत्व).
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. vikṛtau (विकृतौ) from 3.8.34 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: mukhya-arthaḥ (मुख्य-अर्थः) + vāṅgasyācoditatvāt (वाङ्गस्याचोदितत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| mukhya-arthaḥ (मुख्य-अर्थः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: primary, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end |
| vāṅgasyācoditatvāt (वाङ्गस्याचोदितत्वात्) | ablative singular | vāṅgasyācoditatva (वाङ्गस्याचोदितत्व) |
The phrases
mukhya-arthaḥ (मुख्य-अर्थः) is a compound: primary, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it mukhyārtho (मुख्यार्थो).
vāṅgasyācoditatvāt (वाङ्गस्याचोदितत्वात्) is vāṅgasyācoditatva (वाङ्गस्याचोदितत्व). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
vāṅgasyācoditatvāt (वाङ्गस्याचोदितत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it mukhyārtho (मुख्यार्थो).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss mukhya-arthaḥ (मुख्य-अर्थः) and vāṅgasyācoditatvāt (वाङ्गस्याचोदितत्वात्).