6.3.14
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.3.14
क्वचिद् विधानाच् च
kvacid vidhānāc ca
The line
Where, some. cit before a voiced sound, because of because of the rule and.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 6. Who may perform. Eligibility, and the way substances are tied to an act. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: kva (क्व) + cid (चिद्) + vidhānāt (विधानात्) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where |
| cid (चिद्) | indeclinable | some. cit before a voiced sound |
| vidhānāt (विधानात्) | ablative singular | because of the rule |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
kva (क्व) is where. It stands as indeclinable. cid (चिद्) is some. cit before a voiced sound. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as kvacid.
vidhānāt (विधानात्) is because of the rule. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it vidhānāc (विधानाच्). ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
vidhānāt (विधानात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as kvacid. The line writes it vidhānāc (विधानाच्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kva (क्व) and cid (चिद्).
Next
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