10.4.30
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.4.30
बुधन्वान् पवमानवद् विशेषनिर्देशात्
budhanvān pavamānavad viśeṣanirdeśāt
The line
budhanva (बुधन्व), a compound: pava (पव), a measure, a means of knowing, and vada (वद), because of a compound: a difference, and a statement of what the rule is.
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: budhanvān (बुधन्वान्) + pava-māna-vada (पव-मान-वद) + viśeṣa-nirdeśāt (विशेष-निर्देशात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| budhanvān (बुधन्वान्) | accusative plural, masculine | budhanva (बुधन्व) |
| pava-māna-vada (पव-मान-वद) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: pava (पव), a measure, a means of knowing, and vada (वद). Read it from the end |
| viśeṣa-nirdeśāt (विशेष-निर्देशात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a difference, and a statement of what the rule is. Read it from the end |
The phrases
budhanvān (बुधन्वान्) is budhanva (बुधन्व). It stands as accusative plural, masculine. pava-māna-vada (पव-मान-वद) is a compound: pava (पव), a measure, a means of knowing, and vada (वद). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
viśeṣa-nirdeśāt (विशेष-निर्देशात्) is a compound: a difference, and a statement of what the rule is. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
viśeṣa-nirdeśāt (विशेष-निर्देशात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss budhanvān (बुधन्वान्) and pava-māna-vada (पव-मान-वद).