8.3.7
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.3.7
तदावृत्तिं तु जैमिनिरह्नामप्रत्यक्षसंख्यत्वात्
tadāvṛttiṃ tu jaiminir ahnām apratyakṣasaṃkhyatvāt
The line
tadāvṛtta (तदावृत्त) but, Jaimini, of ahna (अह्न), because of apratyakṣasaṃkhyatva (अप्रत्यक्षसंख्यत्व).
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: tadāvṛttiṃ (तदावृत्तिं) + tu (तु) + jaiminiḥ (जैमिनिः) + ahnām (अह्नाम्) + apratyakṣasaṃkhyatvāt (अप्रत्यक्षसंख्यत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tadāvṛttiṃ (तदावृत्तिं) | accusative singular | tadāvṛtta (तदावृत्त) |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| jaiminiḥ (जैमिनिः) | nominative singular, masculine | Jaimini |
| ahnām (अह्नाम्) | genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine | ahna (अह्न) |
| apratyakṣasaṃkhyatvāt (अप्रत्यक्षसंख्यत्वात्) | ablative singular | apratyakṣasaṃkhyatva (अप्रत्यक्षसंख्यत्व) |
The phrases
tadāvṛttiṃ (तदावृत्तिं) is tadāvṛtta (तदावृत्त). It stands as accusative singular. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. jaiminiḥ (जैमिनिः) is Jaimini. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it jaiminir.
ahnām (अह्नाम्) is ahna (अह्न). It stands as genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine. apratyakṣasaṃkhyatvāt (अप्रत्यक्षसंख्यत्वात्) is apratyakṣasaṃkhyatva (अप्रत्यक्षसंख्यत्व). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
apratyakṣasaṃkhyatvāt (अप्रत्यक्षसंख्यत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it jaiminir.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tadāvṛttiṃ (तदावृत्तिं) and jaiminiḥ (जैमिनिः).