8.4.6
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.4.6
न लौकिकानामाचारग्रहणत्वाच् छब्दवतां चान्यार्थविधानात्
na laukikānām ācāragrahaṇatvāc chabdavatāṃ cānyārthavidhānāt
The line
Not of an ordinary person, a compound: ācāra (आचार), a grasping, and tvāca (त्वाच), of chabdavata (छब्दवत), because of a compound: and, other, a thing, a meaning, and a rule.
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: na (न) + laukikānām (लौकिकानाम्) + ācāra-grahaṇa-tvāca (आचार-ग्रहण-त्वाच) + chabdavatāṃ (छब्दवतां) + ca-anya-artha-vidhānāt (च-अन्य-अर्थ-विधानात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| laukikānām (लौकिकानाम्) | genitive plural | an ordinary person |
| ācāra-grahaṇa-tvāca (आचार-ग्रहण-त्वाच) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: ācāra (आचार), a grasping, and tvāca (त्वाच). Read it from the end |
| chabdavatāṃ (छब्दवतां) | genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine | chabdavata (छब्दवत) |
| ca-anya-artha-vidhānāt (च-अन्य-अर्थ-विधानात्) | ablative singular | a compound: and, other, a thing, a meaning, and a rule. Read it from the end |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. laukikānām (लौकिकानाम्) is an ordinary person. It stands as genitive plural. ācāra-grahaṇa-tvāca (आचार-ग्रहण-त्वाच) is a compound: ācāra (आचार), a grasping, and tvāca (त्वाच). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
chabdavatāṃ (छब्दवतां) is chabdavata (छब्दवत). It stands as genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine. ca-anya-artha-vidhānāt (च-अन्य-अर्थ-विधानात्) is a compound: and, other, a thing, a meaning, and a rule. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
ca-anya-artha-vidhānāt (च-अन्य-अर्थ-विधानात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss laukikānām (लौकिकानाम्) and ācāra-grahaṇa-tvāca (आचार-ग्रहण-त्वाच).
Next
8.4.7. Because of from seeing. darśanāt (दर्शनात्) before c, of cānyapātra (चान्यपात्र).