8.3.36
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.3.36
अर्थस्य चासमाप्तत्वान् न तासामेकदेशे स्यात्
arthasya cāsamāptatvān na tāsām ekadeśe syāt
The line
Of of the thing, cāsamāptatva (चासमाप्तत्व), not of tāsa (तास), in one part, it would be, let it be granted.
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 words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: arthasya (अर्थस्य) + cāsamāptatvān (चासमाप्तत्वान्) + na (न) + tāsām (तासाम्) + ekadeśe (एकदेशे) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| arthasya (अर्थस्य) | genitive singular | of the thing |
| cāsamāptatvān (चासमाप्तत्वान्) | accusative plural, masculine | cāsamāptatva (चासमाप्तत्व) |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| tāsām (तासाम्) | genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine | tāsa (तास) |
| ekadeśe (एकदेशे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | one part |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
arthasya (अर्थस्य) is of the thing. It stands as genitive singular. cāsamāptatvān (चासमाप्तत्वान्) is cāsamāptatva (चासमाप्तत्व). It stands as accusative plural, masculine. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
tāsām (तासाम्) is tāsa (तास). It stands as genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine. ekadeśe (एकदेशे) is one part. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
cāsamāptatvān (चासमाप्तत्वान्) is accusative plural, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss arthasya (अर्थस्य) and cāsamāptatvān (चासमाप्तत्वान्).