4.4.20
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.4.20
तुल्यवच् च प्रसङ्ख्यानात्
tulyavac ca prasaṅkhyānāt
The line
A compound: like, equal, and vaca (वच) and, because of prasaṅkhyāna (प्रसङ्ख्यान).
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. pitṛ-yajñaḥ (पितृ-यज्ञः) from 4.4.19 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: tulya-vaca (तुल्य-वच) + ca (च) + prasaṅkhyānāt (प्रसङ्ख्यानात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tulya-vaca (तुल्य-वच) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: like, equal, and vaca (वच). Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| prasaṅkhyānāt (प्रसङ्ख्यानात्) | ablative singular | prasaṅkhyāna (प्रसङ्ख्यान) |
The phrases
tulya-vaca (तुल्य-वच) is a compound: like, equal, and vaca (वच). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
prasaṅkhyānāt (प्रसङ्ख्यानात्) is prasaṅkhyāna (प्रसङ्ख्यान). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
prasaṅkhyānāt (प्रसङ्ख्यानात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tulya-vaca (तुल्य-वच) and prasaṅkhyānāt (प्रसङ्ख्यानात्).