10.2.2
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.2.2
स्याद् वा प्रत्यक्षशिष्टत्वात् प्रदानवत्
syād vā pratyakṣaśiṣṭatvāt pradānavat
The line
It would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound or, because of a compound: direct, and śiṣṭatva (शिष्टत्व), pradānavat (प्रदानवत्).
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: syād (स्याद्) + vā (वा) + pratyakṣa-śiṣṭatvāt (प्रत्यक्ष-शिष्टत्वात्) + pradānavat (प्रदानवत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| pratyakṣa-śiṣṭatvāt (प्रत्यक्ष-शिष्टत्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: direct, and śiṣṭatva (शिष्टत्व). Read it from the end |
| pradānavat (प्रदानवत्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
The phrases
syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
pratyakṣa-śiṣṭatvāt (प्रत्यक्ष-शिष्टत्वात्) is a compound: direct, and śiṣṭatva (शिष्टत्व). Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. pradānavat (प्रदानवत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
Sanskrit in this line
pratyakṣa-śiṣṭatvāt (प्रत्यक्ष-शिष्टत्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss syād (स्याद्) and pratyakṣa-śiṣṭatvāt (प्रत्यक्ष-शिष्टत्वात्).