4.4.16
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.4.16
अर्थवादोपपत्तेश् च
arthavādopapatteś ca
The line
Of a compound: a thing, a meaning, vādo (वादो), and papatta (पपत्त) and.
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. tābhiś (ताभिश्) from 4.4.15 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: artha-vādo-papatteḥ (अर्थ-वादो-पपत्तेः) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| artha-vādo-papatteḥ (अर्थ-वादो-पपत्तेः) | genitive or ablative singular | a compound: a thing, a meaning, vādo (वादो), and papatta (पपत्त). Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
artha-vādo-papatteḥ (अर्थ-वादो-पपत्तेः) is a compound: a thing, a meaning, vādo (वादो), and papatta (पपत्त). Read it from the end. It stands as genitive or ablative singular. The line writes it arthavādopapatteś (अर्थवादोपपत्तेश्).
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
artha-vādo-papatteḥ (अर्थ-वादो-पपत्तेः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it arthavādopapatteś (अर्थवादोपपत्तेश्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss artha-vādo-papatteḥ (अर्थ-वादो-पपत्तेः).