10.2.57
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.2.57
स्याद् वोभयोः प्रत्क्षशिष्टत्वात्
syād vobhayoḥ pratkṣaśiṣṭatvāt
The line
It would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound or, of of both, because of pratkṣaśiṣṭatva (प्रत्क्षशिष्टत्व).
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) + ubhayoḥ (उभयोः) + pratkṣaśiṣṭatvāt (प्रत्क्षशिष्टत्वात्)
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 |
| ubhayoḥ (उभयोः) | genitive or locative dual | of both |
| pratkṣaśiṣṭatvāt (प्रत्क्षशिष्टत्वात्) | ablative singular | pratkṣaśiṣṭatva (प्रत्क्षशिष्टत्व) |
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.
ubhayoḥ (उभयोः) is of both. It stands as genitive or locative dual. The line joins them as vobhayoḥ (वोभयोः). pratkṣaśiṣṭatvāt (प्रत्क्षशिष्टत्वात्) is pratkṣaśiṣṭatva (प्रत्क्षशिष्टत्व). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
pratkṣaśiṣṭatvāt (प्रत्क्षशिष्टत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as vobhayoḥ (वोभयोः).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss syād (स्याद्) and ubhayoḥ (उभयोः).