4.1.46
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.1.46
तदष्टसङ्ख्यं श्रवणात्
tadaṣṭasaṅkhyaṃ śravaṇāt
The line
tadaṣṭasaṅkhya (तदष्टसङ्ख्य), because of śravaṇa (श्रवण).
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. syāt (स्यात्) from 4.1.45 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: tadaṣṭasaṅkhyaṃ (तदष्टसङ्ख्यं) + śravaṇāt (श्रवणात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tadaṣṭasaṅkhyaṃ (तदष्टसङ्ख्यं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | tadaṣṭasaṅkhya (तदष्टसङ्ख्य) |
| śravaṇāt (श्रवणात्) | ablative singular | śravaṇa (श्रवण) |
The phrases
tadaṣṭasaṅkhyaṃ (तदष्टसङ्ख्यं) is tadaṣṭasaṅkhya (तदष्टसङ्ख्य). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
śravaṇāt (श्रवणात्) is śravaṇa (श्रवण). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
tadaṣṭasaṅkhyaṃ (तदष्टसङ्ख्यं) is accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tadaṣṭasaṅkhyaṃ (तदष्टसङ्ख्यं) and śravaṇāt (श्रवणात्).
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4.1.47. Because of anugraha (अनुग्रह) and, of jauhava (जौहव).