4.3.12
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.3.12
वाक्यार्थश् च गुणार्थवत्
vākyārthaś ca guṇārthavat
The line
A compound: a sentence, and a thing, a meaning and, a compound: a quality, a thing, a meaning, and possessing.
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. vāmnānasāmatharthyāc (वाम्नानसामथर्थ्याच्) from 4.3.11 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: vākya-arthaḥ (वाक्य-अर्थः) + ca (च) + guṇa-artha-vat (गुण-अर्थ-वत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vākya-arthaḥ (वाक्य-अर्थः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: a sentence, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| guṇa-artha-vat (गुण-अर्थ-वत्) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: a quality, a thing, a meaning, and possessing. Read it from the end |
The phrases
vākya-arthaḥ (वाक्य-अर्थः) is a compound: a sentence, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it vākyārthaś (वाक्यार्थश्). ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
guṇa-artha-vat (गुण-अर्थ-वत्) is a compound: a quality, a thing, a meaning, and possessing. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
Sanskrit in this line
guṇa-artha-vat (गुण-अर्थ-वत्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it vākyārthaś (वाक्यार्थश्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vākya-arthaḥ (वाक्य-अर्थः) and guṇa-artha-vat (गुण-अर्थ-वत्).
Next
4.3.13. A compound: that, all, and a thing, a meaning, because of anādeśa (अनादेश).