4.1.16
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.1.16
तद्वच् च लिङ्गदर्शनम्
tadvac ca liṅgadarśanam
The line
tadvac (तद्वच्) and, a compound: a mark, and seeing.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 4. What is for the rite, and what is for the person. The line is short. śabda-vat (शब्द-वत्) from 4.1.15 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: tadvac (तद्वच्) + ca (च) + liṅga-darśanam (लिङ्ग-दर्शनम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tadvac (तद्वच्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| liṅga-darśanam (लिङ्ग-दर्शनम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: a mark, and seeing. Read it from the end |
The phrases
tadvac (तद्वच्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
liṅga-darśanam (लिङ्ग-दर्शनम्) is a compound: a mark, and seeing. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
liṅga-darśanam (लिङ्ग-दर्शनम्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tadvac (तद्वच्) and liṅga-darśanam (लिङ्ग-दर्शनम्).