6.4.36
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.4.36
अर्थापरिमाणाच् च
arthāparimāṇāc ca
The line
Because of a compound: arthā (अर्था), and measure 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 line is short. kālaḥ (कालः) from 6.4.35 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: arthā-parimāṇāt (अर्था-परिमाणात्) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| arthā-parimāṇāt (अर्था-परिमाणात्) | ablative singular | a compound: arthā (अर्था), and measure. Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
arthā-parimāṇāt (अर्था-परिमाणात्) is a compound: arthā (अर्था), and measure. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it arthāparimāṇāc (अर्थापरिमाणाच्).
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
arthā-parimāṇāt (अर्था-परिमाणात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it arthāparimāṇāc (अर्थापरिमाणाच्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss arthā-parimāṇāt (अर्था-परिमाणात्).