4.3.39
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.3.39
अङ्गानां तूपघातसंयोगो निमित्तार्थः
aṅgānāṃ tūpaghātasaṃyogo nimittārthaḥ
The line
Of a limb, a subsidiary part, a compound: tūpa (तूप), ghāta (घात), and conjunction, a compound: the efficient ground, and a thing, a meaning.
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: aṅgānāṃ (अङ्गानां) + tūpa-ghāta-saṃyogaḥ (तूप-घात-संयोगः) + nimitta-arthaḥ (निमित्त-अर्थः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| aṅgānāṃ (अङ्गानां) | genitive plural | a limb, a subsidiary part |
| tūpa-ghāta-saṃyogaḥ (तूप-घात-संयोगः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: tūpa (तूप), ghāta (घात), and conjunction. Read it from the end |
| nimitta-arthaḥ (निमित्त-अर्थः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: the efficient ground, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end |
The phrases
aṅgānāṃ (अङ्गानां) is a limb, a subsidiary part. It stands as genitive plural. tūpa-ghāta-saṃyogaḥ (तूप-घात-संयोगः) is a compound: tūpa (तूप), ghāta (घात), and conjunction. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it tūpaghātasaṃyogo (तूपघातसंयोगो).
nimitta-arthaḥ (निमित्त-अर्थः) is a compound: the efficient ground, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
tūpa-ghāta-saṃyogaḥ (तूप-घात-संयोगः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it tūpaghātasaṃyogo (तूपघातसंयोगो).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss aṅgānāṃ (अङ्गानां) and tūpa-ghāta-saṃyogaḥ (तूप-घात-संयोगः).