3.8.39
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.8.39
तत्काले वा लिङ्गदर्शनात्
tatkāle vā liṅgadarśanāt
The line
In a compound: that, and time or, because of because a mark is seen.
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. aprakaraṇatvād (अप्रकरणत्वाद्) from 3.8.38 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: tat-kāle (तत्-काले) + vā (वा) + liṅgadarśanāt (लिङ्गदर्शनात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tat-kāle (तत्-काले) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: that, and time. Read it from the end |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| liṅgadarśanāt (लिङ्गदर्शनात्) | ablative singular | because a mark is seen |
The phrases
tat-kāle (तत्-काले) is a compound: that, and time. Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
liṅgadarśanāt (लिङ्गदर्शनात्) is because a mark is seen. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
liṅgadarśanāt (लिङ्गदर्शनात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tat-kāle (तत्-काले) and liṅgadarśanāt (लिङ्गदर्शनात्).