7.1.22
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.1.22
एककपालैन्द्राग्नौ च तद्वत्
ekakapālaindrāgnau ca tadvat
The line
ekakapālaindrāgna (एककपालैन्द्राग्न) and, like that.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 7. Transfer. The details of a model rite are carried to a variant rite, and where that carrying stops. The line is short. itara-artha-tvāt (इतर-अर्थ-त्वात्) from 7.1.21 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: ekakapālaindrāgnau (एककपालैन्द्राग्नौ) + ca (च) + tadvat (तद्वत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ekakapālaindrāgnau (एककपालैन्द्राग्नौ) | nominative or accusative dual, or locative singular | ekakapālaindrāgna (एककपालैन्द्राग्न) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| tadvat (तद्वत्) | indeclinable | like that |
The phrases
ekakapālaindrāgnau (एककपालैन्द्राग्नौ) is ekakapālaindrāgna (एककपालैन्द्राग्न). It stands as nominative or accusative dual, or locative singular. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
tadvat (तद्वत्) is like that. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
ekakapālaindrāgnau (एककपालैन्द्राग्नौ) is nominative or accusative dual, or locative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ekakapālaindrāgnau (एककपालैन्द्राग्नौ) and tadvat (तद्वत्).