10.5.26
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.5.26
वहिष्पवमाने न ऋगागमः सामैकत्वात्
vahiṣpavamāne na ṛgāgamaḥ sāmaikatvāt
The line
In a compound: vahi (वहि), ṣpava (ष्पव), and a measure, a means of knowing, not ṛgāgama (ऋगागम), because of sāmaikatva (सामैकत्व).
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: vahi-ṣpava-māne (वहि-ष्पव-माने) + na (न) + ṛgāgamaḥ (ऋगागमः) + sāmaikatvāt (सामैकत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vahi-ṣpava-māne (वहि-ष्पव-माने) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: vahi (वहि), ṣpava (ष्पव), and a measure, a means of knowing. Read it from the end |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| ṛgāgamaḥ (ऋगागमः) | nominative singular, masculine | ṛgāgama (ऋगागम) |
| sāmaikatvāt (सामैकत्वात्) | ablative singular | sāmaikatva (सामैकत्व) |
The phrases
vahi-ṣpava-māne (वहि-ष्पव-माने) is a compound: vahi (वहि), ṣpava (ष्पव), and a measure, a means of knowing. Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
ṛgāgamaḥ (ऋगागमः) is ṛgāgama (ऋगागम). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. sāmaikatvāt (सामैकत्वात्) is sāmaikatva (सामैकत्व). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
vahi-ṣpava-māne (वहि-ष्पव-माने) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vahi-ṣpava-māne (वहि-ष्पव-माने) and ṛgāgamaḥ (ऋगागमः).