8.1.38
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.1.38
चरुशब्दाच् च
caruśabdāc ca
The line
Because of a compound: caru (चरु), and a word and.
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. auṣadhaṃ (औषधं) from 8.1.37 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: caru-śabdāt (चरु-शब्दात्) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| caru-śabdāt (चरु-शब्दात्) | ablative singular | a compound: caru (चरु), and a word. Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
caru-śabdāt (चरु-शब्दात्) is a compound: caru (चरु), and a word. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it caruśabdāc (चरुशब्दाच्).
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
caru-śabdāt (चरु-शब्दात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it caruśabdāc (चरुशब्दाच्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss caru-śabdāt (चरु-शब्दात्).
Next
8.1.39. tasmiṃś (तस्मिंश्) and, of a compound: śrapaṇa (श्रपण), and heard.