5.3.34

Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 5 / 5.3.34

काम्यत्वाच् च

kāmyatvāc ca

The line

Because of kāmyatva (काम्यत्व) and.

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 line is short. vā-sambandhāt (वा-सम्बन्धात्) from 5.3.33 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).

Split: kāmyatvāc (काम्यत्वाच्) + ca (च)

Sanskrit, in depth

The words

WordGrammarSense
kāmyatvāc (काम्यत्वाच्)ablative singularkāmyatva (काम्यत्व)
ca (च)indeclinableand

The phrases

kāmyatvāc (काम्यत्वाच्) is kāmyatva (काम्यत्व). It stands as ablative singular.

ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.

Sanskrit in this line

kāmyatvāc (काम्यत्वाच्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.

Say it back

Cover the English. Gloss kāmyatvāc (काम्यत्वाच्).

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