10.2.63
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.2.63
मुष्टिलोपात् तु संख्यालोपस् तद्गुणत्वात् स्यात्
muṣṭilopāt tu saṃkhyālopas tadguṇatvāt syāt
The line
Because of muṣṭilopa (मुष्टिलोप) but, a compound: number, and lopa (लोप), because of a compound: a quality of that, and the state of being that, it would be, let it be granted.
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: muṣṭilopāt (मुष्टिलोपात्) + tu (तु) + saṃkhyā-lopaḥ (संख्या-लोपः) + tadguṇa-tvāt (तद्गुण-त्वात्) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| muṣṭilopāt (मुष्टिलोपात्) | ablative singular | muṣṭilopa (मुष्टिलोप) |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| saṃkhyā-lopaḥ (संख्या-लोपः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: number, and lopa (लोप). Read it from the end |
| tadguṇa-tvāt (तद्गुण-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a quality of that, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
muṣṭilopāt (मुष्टिलोपात्) is muṣṭilopa (मुष्टिलोप). It stands as ablative singular. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. saṃkhyā-lopaḥ (संख्या-लोपः) is a compound: number, and lopa (लोप). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it saṃkhyālopas (संख्यालोप).
tadguṇa-tvāt (तद्गुण-त्वात्) is a compound: a quality of that, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
saṃkhyā-lopaḥ (संख्या-लोपः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it saṃkhyālopas (संख्यालोप).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss muṣṭilopāt (मुष्टिलोपात्) and saṃkhyā-lopaḥ (संख्या-लोपः).
Next
10.2.64. Not a compound: nirvāpa (निर्वाप), the rest, what remains over, and tvāta (त्वात).