4.1.11
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.1.11
तत्रैकत्वमयज्ञाङ्गमर्थस्य गुणभूतत्वात्
tatraikatvamayajñāṅgam arthasya guṇabhūtatvāt
The line
A compound: tatra (तत्र), ikatvama (इकत्वम), a sacrifice, and a limb, a subsidiary part, of of the thing, because of because it stands as a subordinate.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 4. What is for the rite, and what is for the person. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: tatra-ikatvama-yajña-aṅgam (तत्र-इकत्वम-यज्ञ-अङ्गम्) + arthasya (अर्थस्य) + guṇabhūtatvāt (गुणभूतत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tatra-ikatvama-yajña-aṅgam (तत्र-इकत्वम-यज्ञ-अङ्गम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: tatra (तत्र), ikatvama (इकत्वम), a sacrifice, and a limb, a subsidiary part. Read it from the end |
| arthasya (अर्थस्य) | genitive singular | of the thing |
| guṇabhūtatvāt (गुणभूतत्वात्) | ablative singular | because it stands as a subordinate |
The phrases
tatra-ikatvama-yajña-aṅgam (तत्र-इकत्वम-यज्ञ-अङ्गम्) is a compound: tatra (तत्र), ikatvama (इकत्वम), a sacrifice, and a limb, a subsidiary part. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. arthasya (अर्थस्य) is of the thing. It stands as genitive singular.
guṇabhūtatvāt (गुणभूतत्वात्) is because it stands as a subordinate. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
tatra-ikatvama-yajña-aṅgam (तत्र-इकत्वम-यज्ञ-अङ्गम्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tatra-ikatvama-yajña-aṅgam (तत्र-इकत्वम-यज्ञ-अङ्गम्) and arthasya (अर्थस्य).
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4.1.12. Because of a compound: one, scripture, and the state of being that and.