10.2.10
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.2.10
विकल्पस् त्वेकावदानत्वात्
vikalpas tv ekāvadānatvāt
The line
An alternative, a division, the state of being that, because of ekāvadānatva (एकावदानत्व).
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 10. Bādha (बाध): when a transferred detail is excluded. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: vikalpaḥ (विकल्पः) + tva (त्व) + ekāvadānatvāt (एकावदानत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vikalpaḥ (विकल्पः) | nominative singular, masculine | an alternative, a division |
| tva (त्व) | the stem, as the line writes it | the state of being that |
| ekāvadānatvāt (एकावदानत्वात्) | ablative singular | ekāvadānatva (एकावदानत्व) |
The phrases
vikalpaḥ (विकल्पः) is an alternative, a division. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it vikalpas. tva (त्व) is the state of being that. It stands as the stem, as the line writes it.
ekāvadānatvāt (एकावदानत्वात्) is ekāvadānatva (एकावदानत्व). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
ekāvadānatvāt (एकावदानत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it vikalpas.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vikalpaḥ (विकल्पः) and tva (त्व).