10.5.21
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.5.21
स्यादर्थचोदितानां परिमाणशास्त्रम्
syād arthacoditānāṃ parimāṇaśāstram
The line
It would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, of a compound: a thing, a meaning, and codita (चोदित), a compound: measure, and a teaching, a treatise.
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) + artha-coditānāṃ (अर्थ-चोदितानां) + parimāṇa-śāstram (परिमाण-शास्त्रम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| artha-coditānāṃ (अर्थ-चोदितानां) | genitive plural | a compound: a thing, a meaning, and codita (चोदित). Read it from the end |
| parimāṇa-śāstram (परिमाण-शास्त्रम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: measure, and a teaching, a treatise. Read it from the end |
The phrases
syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. artha-coditānāṃ (अर्थ-चोदितानां) is a compound: a thing, a meaning, and codita (चोदित). Read it from the end. It stands as genitive plural.
parimāṇa-śāstram (परिमाण-शास्त्रम्) is a compound: measure, and a teaching, a treatise. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
parimāṇa-śāstram (परिमाण-शास्त्रम्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss syād (स्याद्) and artha-coditānāṃ (अर्थ-चोदितानां).