8.2.17

Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.2.17

पश्वानन्तर्यात्

paśvānantaryāt

The line

Because of a compound: an animal offering, and ānantarya (आनन्तर्य).

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. payo (पयो) from 8.2.16 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).

Split: paśu-ānantaryāt (पशु-आनन्तर्यात्)

Sanskrit, in depth

The words

WordGrammarSense
paśu-ānantaryāt (पशु-आनन्तर्यात्)ablative singulara compound: an animal offering, and ānantarya (आनन्तर्य). Read it from the end

The phrases

paśu-ānantaryāt (पशु-आनन्तर्यात्) is a compound: an animal offering, and ānantarya (आनन्तर्य). Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.

Hold the words in that order. The English of the whole line comes after them.

Sanskrit in this line

paśu-ānantaryāt (पशु-आनन्तर्यात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.

Say it back

Cover the English. Gloss paśu-ānantaryāt (पशु-आनन्तर्यात्).

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