4.2.11
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.2.11
प्रतिपत्तिर् वा शब्दस्य तत्प्रधानत्वात्
pratipattir vā śabdasya tatpradhānatvāt
The line
An understanding or, of a word, because of because that is its main thing.
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: pratipattiḥ (प्रतिपत्तिः) + vā (वा) + śabdasya (शब्दस्य) + tatpradhānatvāt (तत्प्रधानत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| pratipattiḥ (प्रतिपत्तिः) | nominative singular | an understanding |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| śabdasya (शब्दस्य) | genitive singular | a word |
| tatpradhānatvāt (तत्प्रधानत्वात्) | ablative singular | because that is its main thing |
The phrases
pratipattiḥ (प्रतिपत्तिः) is an understanding. It stands as nominative singular. The line writes it pratipattir. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
śabdasya (शब्दस्य) is a word. It stands as genitive singular. tatpradhānatvāt (तत्प्रधानत्वात्) is because that is its main thing. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
tatpradhānatvāt (तत्प्रधानत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it pratipattir.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss pratipattiḥ (प्रतिपत्तिः) and śabdasya (शब्दस्य).
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