5.3.9
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 5 / 5.3.9
अन्ते वा तदुक्तम्
ante vā taduktam
The line
In at the end or, that, what has been said.
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. paryāsa (पर्यास) from 5.3.8 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: ante (अन्ते) + vā (वा) + tad (तद्) + uktam (उक्तम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ante (अन्ते) | locative singular, masculine | at the end |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| tad (तद्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | that |
| uktam (उक्तम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | what has been said |
The phrases
ante (अन्ते) is at the end. It stands as locative singular, masculine. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
tad (तद्) is that. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. uktam (उक्तम्) is what has been said. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. The line joins them as taduktam.
Sanskrit in this line
uktam (उक्तम्) is nominative or accusative singular, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as taduktam.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ante (अन्ते) and uktam (उक्तम्).
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5.3.10. Because of because of a statement but, in dvādaśāha (द्वादशाह).