8.4.12
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.4.12
शब्दान्तरत्वात्
śabdāntaratvāt
The line
Because of a compound: a word, a difference, an interval, 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. svāhākāreṇa (स्वाहाकारेण) from 8.4.11 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: śabda-antara-tvāt (शब्द-अन्तर-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| śabda-antara-tvāt (शब्द-अन्तर-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a word, a difference, an interval, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
śabda-antara-tvāt (शब्द-अन्तर-त्वात्) is a compound: a word, a difference, an interval, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Hold the words in that order. The English of the whole line comes after them.
Sanskrit in this line
śabda-antara-tvāt (शब्द-अन्तर-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss śabda-antara-tvāt (शब्द-अन्तर-त्वात्).
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