10.4.52
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.4.52
स्याद् वा आवाहनस्य तादर्थ्यात्
syād vā āvāhanasya tādarthyāt
The line
It would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound or, of āvāhana (आवाहन), because of because it is for that.
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: syād (स्याद्) + vā (वा) + āvāhanasya (आवाहनस्य) + tādarthyāt (तादर्थ्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| āvāhanasya (आवाहनस्य) | genitive singular | āvāhana (आवाहन) |
| tādarthyāt (तादर्थ्यात्) | ablative singular | because it is for that |
The phrases
syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
āvāhanasya (आवाहनस्य) is āvāhana (आवाहन). It stands as genitive singular. tādarthyāt (तादर्थ्यात्) is because it is for that. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
āvāhanasya (आवाहनस्य) is genitive singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss syād (स्याद्) and āvāhanasya (आवाहनस्य).
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