6.3.15
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.3.15
आगमो वा चोदनार्थाविशेषात्
āgamo vā codanārthāviśeṣāt
The line
āgama (आगम) or, because of a compound: a command, a thing, a meaning, and no difference.
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 line is short. kva (क्व) from 6.3.14 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: āgamo (आगमो) + vā (वा) + codanā-artha-aviśeṣāt (चोदना-अर्थ-अविशेषात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| āgamo (आगमो) | nominative singular, masculine | āgama (आगम) |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| codanā-artha-aviśeṣāt (चोदना-अर्थ-अविशेषात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a command, a thing, a meaning, and no difference. Read it from the end |
The phrases
āgamo (आगमो) is āgama (आगम). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
codanā-artha-aviśeṣāt (चोदना-अर्थ-अविशेषात्) is a compound: a command, a thing, a meaning, and no difference. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
codanā-artha-aviśeṣāt (चोदना-अर्थ-अविशेषात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss āgamo (आगमो) and codanā-artha-aviśeṣāt (चोदना-अर्थ-अविशेषात्).
Next
6.3.16. A compound: a restriction, and a thing, a meaning, kvācid (क्वाचिद्), an injunction.