7.3.8
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.3.8
लिङ्गाच् च
liṅgāc ca
The line
Because of from a mark. liṅgāt (लिङ्गात्) before c and.
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. ṣaḍahād (षडहाद्) from 7.3.7 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: liṅgāc (लिङ्गाच्) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| liṅgāc (लिङ्गाच्) | ablative singular | from a mark. liṅgāt (लिङ्गात्) before c |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
liṅgāc (लिङ्गाच्) is from a mark. liṅgāt (लिङ्गात्) before c. It stands as ablative singular.
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
liṅgāc (लिङ्गाच्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss liṅgāc (लिङ्गाच्).
Next
7.3.9. utpannādhikāra (उत्पन्नाधिकार), jyotiṣṭoma (ज्योतिष्टोम).