8.4.19
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.4.19
शब्दसामर्थ्याच् च
śabdasāmarthyāc ca
The line
Because of a compound: a word, and capacity and.
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. tac (तच्) from 8.4.18 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-sāmarthyāt (शब्द-सामर्थ्यात्) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| śabda-sāmarthyāt (शब्द-सामर्थ्यात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a word, and capacity. Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
śabda-sāmarthyāt (शब्द-सामर्थ्यात्) is a compound: a word, and capacity. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it śabdasāmarthyāc (शब्दसामर्थ्याच्).
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
śabda-sāmarthyāt (शब्द-सामर्थ्यात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it śabdasāmarthyāc (शब्दसामर्थ्याच्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss śabda-sāmarthyāt (शब्द-सामर्थ्यात्).
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