8.3.18
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.3.18
संख्यायाश् च शब्दत्वात्
saṃkhyāyāś ca śabdatvāt
The line
A compound: number, and yāśa (याश) and, because of a compound: a word, and the state of being 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. gotvavac (गोत्ववच्) from 8.3.17 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: saṃkhyā-yāśa (संख्या-याश) + ca (च) + śabda-tvāt (शब्द-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| saṃkhyā-yāśa (संख्या-याश) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: number, and yāśa (याश). Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| śabda-tvāt (शब्द-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a word, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
saṃkhyā-yāśa (संख्या-याश) is a compound: number, and yāśa (याश). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
śabda-tvāt (शब्द-त्वात्) is a compound: a word, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
saṃkhyā-yāśa (संख्या-याश) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss saṃkhyā-yāśa (संख्या-याश) and śabda-tvāt (शब्द-त्वात्).
Next
8.3.19. Because of a compound: the other, syāśru (स्याश्रु), and titva (तित्व) and.