5.3.8
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 5 / 5.3.8
पर्यास इति चान्ताख्या
paryāsa iti cāntākhyā
The line
paryāsa (पर्यास) thus, cāntākhya (चान्ताख्य).
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. stomavivṛddhau (स्तोमविवृद्धौ) from 5.3.7 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: paryāsa (पर्यास) + iti (इति) + cāntākhyā (चान्ताख्या)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| paryāsa (पर्यास) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cāntākhyā (चान्ताख्या) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | cāntākhya (चान्ताख्य) |
The phrases
paryāsa (पर्यास) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable.
cāntākhyā (चान्ताख्या) is cāntākhya (चान्ताख्य). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular.
Sanskrit in this line
cāntākhyā (चान्ताख्या) is nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss paryāsa (पर्यास) and cāntākhyā (चान्ताख्या).