10.5.3
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.5.3
विकल्पो वा समत्वात्
vikalpo vā samatvāt
The line
An alternative, a division or, because of because they are the same.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 10. Bādha (बाध): when a transferred detail is excluded. The line is short. liṅgadarśanāc (लिङ्गदर्शनाच्) from 10.5.2 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: vikalpaḥ (विकल्पः) + vā (वा) + samatvāt (समत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vikalpaḥ (विकल्पः) | nominative singular, masculine | an alternative, a division |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| samatvāt (समत्वात्) | ablative singular | because they are the same |
The phrases
vikalpaḥ (विकल्पः) is an alternative, a division. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it vikalpo. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
samatvāt (समत्वात्) is because they are the same. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
vikalpaḥ (विकल्पः) is nominative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it vikalpo.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vikalpaḥ (विकल्पः) and samatvāt (समत्वात्).
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