10.4.26
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.4.26
प्राकृतस्य गुणश्रुतौ सगुणेनाभिधानं स्यात्
prākṛtasya guṇaśrutau saguṇenābhidhānaṃ syāt
The line
Of belonging to the original, a compound: a quality, and heard, saguṇenābhidhāna (सगुणेनाभिधान), 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: prākṛtasya (प्राकृतस्य) + guṇa-śrutau (गुण-श्रुतौ) + saguṇenābhidhānaṃ (सगुणेनाभिधानं) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| prākṛtasya (प्राकृतस्य) | genitive singular | belonging to the original |
| guṇa-śrutau (गुण-श्रुतौ) | nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: a quality, and heard. Read it from the end |
| saguṇenābhidhānaṃ (सगुणेनाभिधानं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | saguṇenābhidhāna (सगुणेनाभिधान) |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
prākṛtasya (प्राकृतस्य) is belonging to the original. It stands as genitive singular. guṇa-śrutau (गुण-श्रुतौ) is a compound: a quality, and heard. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
saguṇenābhidhānaṃ (सगुणेनाभिधानं) is saguṇenābhidhāna (सगुणेनाभिधान). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
saguṇenābhidhānaṃ (सगुणेनाभिधानं) is accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss prākṛtasya (प्राकृतस्य) and guṇa-śrutau (गुण-श्रुतौ).