8.1.1
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.1.1
अथ विशेषलक्षणम्
atha viśeṣalakṣaṇam
The line
Now, and then, a compound: a difference, and a mark.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 8. Transfer by specific indications. The signs in a variant rite's own sentence say which model it borrows from. The line is short. vihāra-darśanaṃ (विहार-दर्शनं) from 7.4.20 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: atha (अथ) + viśeṣa-lakṣaṇam (विशेष-लक्षणम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| atha (अथ) | indeclinable | now, and then |
| viśeṣa-lakṣaṇam (विशेष-लक्षणम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: a difference, and a mark. Read it from the end |
The phrases
atha (अथ) is now, and then. It stands as indeclinable.
viśeṣa-lakṣaṇam (विशेष-लक्षणम्) is a compound: a difference, and a mark. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
viśeṣa-lakṣaṇam (विशेष-लक्षणम्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss viśeṣa-lakṣaṇam (विशेष-लक्षणम्).