8.3.23
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.3.23
वचनमिति चेत्
vacanamiti cet
The line
If you say that in a compound: a statement, and mita (मित), then.
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. utpatti-nāmadheya-tvāt (उत्पत्ति-नामधेय-त्वात्) from 8.3.22 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: vacana-miti (वचन-मिति) + cet (चेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vacana-miti (वचन-मिति) | locative singular, or nominative singular | a compound: a statement, and mita (मित). Read it from the end |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
The phrases
vacana-miti (वचन-मिति) is a compound: a statement, and mita (मित). Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular.
cet (चेत्) is if you say, if. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
vacana-miti (वचन-मिति) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vacana-miti (वचन-मिति).
Next
8.3.24. As far as. yāvat (यावत्) before a voiced sound, what has been said.