10.3.59
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.3.59
एका पञ्चेति धेनुवत्
ekā pañceti dhenuvat
The line
One, five thus, dhenuvat (धेनुवत्).
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: ekā (एका) + pañca (पञ्च) + iti (इति) + dhenuvat (धेनुवत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ekā (एका) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | one |
| pañca (पञ्च) | indeclinable | five |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| dhenuvat (धेनुवत्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
The phrases
ekā (एका) is one. It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. pañca (पञ्च) is five. It stands as indeclinable.
iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins it on as pañceti (पञ्चेति). dhenuvat (धेनुवत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
Sanskrit in this line
dhenuvat (धेनुवत्) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins it on as pañceti (पञ्चेति).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ekā (एका) and pañca (पञ्च).