8.2.8
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.2.8
व्यपदेशश् च तद्वत्
vyapadeśaś ca tadvat
The line
A designation and, like that.
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. vacanānītarāṇi (वचनानीतराणि) from 8.2.7 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: vyapadeśaḥ (व्यपदेशः) + ca (च) + tadvat (तद्वत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vyapadeśaḥ (व्यपदेशः) | nominative singular, masculine | a designation |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| tadvat (तद्वत्) | indeclinable | like that |
The phrases
vyapadeśaḥ (व्यपदेशः) is a designation. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it vyapadeśaś (व्यपदेशश्). ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
tadvat (तद्वत्) is like that. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
vyapadeśaḥ (व्यपदेशः) is nominative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it vyapadeśaś (व्यपदेशश्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vyapadeśaḥ (व्यपदेशः) and tadvat (तद्वत्).