8.2.14

Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.2.14

तस्य च पात्रदर्शनात्

tasya ca pātradarśanāt

The line

Of of that, his and, because of a compound: pātra (पात्र), and seeing.

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. sānnāyyaṃ (सान्नाय्यं) from 8.2.13 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).

Split: tasya (तस्य) + ca (च) + pātra-darśanāt (पात्र-दर्शनात्)

Sanskrit, in depth

The words

WordGrammarSense
tasya (तस्य)genitive singularof that, his
ca (च)indeclinableand
pātra-darśanāt (पात्र-दर्शनात्)ablative singulara compound: pātra (पात्र), and seeing. Read it from the end

The phrases

tasya (तस्य) is of that, his. It stands as genitive singular. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.

pātra-darśanāt (पात्र-दर्शनात्) is a compound: pātra (पात्र), and seeing. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.

Sanskrit in this line

pātra-darśanāt (पात्र-दर्शनात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.

Say it back

Cover the English. Gloss tasya (तस्य) and pātra-darśanāt (पात्र-दर्शनात्).

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8.2.15. dadhna (दध्न), it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before n, because of a compound: mūrti (मूर्ति), and a common case.