7.2.21
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.2.21
शब्दानां च सामञ्जस्यं
śabdānāṃ ca sāmañjasyaṃ
The line
Of a word and, sāmañjasya (सामञ्जस्य).
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. syād (स्याद्) from 7.2.20 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: śabdānāṃ (शब्दानां) + ca (च) + sāmañjasyaṃ (सामञ्जस्यं)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| śabdānāṃ (शब्दानां) | genitive plural | a word |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| sāmañjasyaṃ (सामञ्जस्यं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | sāmañjasya (सामञ्जस्य) |
The phrases
śabdānāṃ (शब्दानां) is a word. It stands as genitive plural. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
sāmañjasyaṃ (सामञ्जस्यं) is sāmañjasya (सामञ्जस्य). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
sāmañjasyaṃ (सामञ्जस्यं) is accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss śabdānāṃ (शब्दानां) and sāmañjasyaṃ (सामञ्जस्यं).