8.2.30
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.2.30
अहीनवचनाच् च
ahīnavacanāc ca
The line
Because of a compound: ahīna (अहीन), and a statement 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. anya-tarato (अन्य-तरतो) from 8.2.29 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: ahīna-vacanāt (अहीन-वचनात्) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ahīna-vacanāt (अहीन-वचनात्) | ablative singular | a compound: ahīna (अहीन), and a statement. Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
ahīna-vacanāt (अहीन-वचनात्) is a compound: ahīna (अहीन), and a statement. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it ahīnavacanāc (अहीनवचनाच्).
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
ahīna-vacanāt (अहीन-वचनात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it ahīnavacanāc (अहीनवचनाच्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ahīna-vacanāt (अहीन-वचनात्).
Next
8.2.31. In satra (सत्र), because of vopāyicodana (वोपायिचोदन).