10.3.8
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.3.8
तुल्या च प्रभुता गुणे
tulyā ca prabhutā guṇe
The line
Like, equal and, prabhuta (प्रभुत), in a quality.
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: tulyā (तुल्या) + ca (च) + prabhutā (प्रभुता) + guṇe (गुणे)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tulyā (तुल्या) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | like, equal |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| prabhutā (प्रभुता) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | prabhuta (प्रभुत) |
| guṇe (गुणे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a quality |
The phrases
tulyā (तुल्या) is like, equal. It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
prabhutā (प्रभुता) is prabhuta (प्रभुत). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. guṇe (गुणे) is a quality. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
prabhutā (प्रभुता) is nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tulyā (तुल्या) and prabhutā (प्रभुता).
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