5.3.20
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 5 / 5.3.20
प्राग्लोकम्पृणायास् तस्याः सम्पूरणार्थत्वात्
prāglokampṛṇāyās tasyāḥ sampūraṇārthatvāt
The line
prāglokampṛṇāyās (प्राग्लोकम्पृणायास्), of of that, because of sampūraṇārthatva (सम्पूरणार्थत्व).
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 5. Order. Sequence is fixed by the order of the words, and by other rules when the words do not decide. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: prāglokampṛṇāyās (प्राग्लोकम्पृणायास्) + tasyāḥ (तस्याः) + sampūraṇārthatvāt (सम्पूरणार्थत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| prāglokampṛṇāyās (प्राग्लोकम्पृणायास्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| tasyāḥ (तस्याः) | genitive singular, feminine | of that |
| sampūraṇārthatvāt (सम्पूरणार्थत्वात्) | ablative singular | sampūraṇārthatva (सम्पूरणार्थत्व) |
The phrases
prāglokampṛṇāyās (प्राग्लोकम्पृणायास्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. tasyāḥ (तस्याः) is of that. It stands as genitive singular, feminine.
sampūraṇārthatvāt (सम्पूरणार्थत्वात्) is sampūraṇārthatva (सम्पूरणार्थत्व). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
sampūraṇārthatvāt (सम्पूरणार्थत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss prāglokampṛṇāyās (प्राग्लोकम्पृणायास्) and tasyāḥ (तस्याः).