10.5.56
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.5.56
अपि वा सङ्ख्यावत्त्वान् नानाहीनेषु गृह्यते पक्षवदेकस्मिन् संख्यार्थभावात्
api vā saṅkhyāvattvān nānāhīneṣu gṛhyate pakṣavad ekasmin saṃkhyārthabhāvāt
The line
Even or, saṅkhyāvattva (सङ्ख्यावत्त्व), not in anāhīna (अनाहीन), is taken, a compound: a side, a thesis, and vada (वद), ekasmin (एकस्मिन्), because of a compound: number, a thing, a meaning, and a state.
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: api (अपि) + vā (वा) + saṅkhyāvattvān (सङ्ख्यावत्त्वान्) + na (न) + anāhīneṣu (अनाहीनेषु) + gṛhyate (गृह्यते) + pakṣa-vada (पक्ष-वद) + ekasmin (एकस्मिन्) + saṃkhyā-artha-bhāvāt (संख्या-अर्थ-भावात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| saṅkhyāvattvān (सङ्ख्यावत्त्वान्) | accusative plural, masculine | saṅkhyāvattva (सङ्ख्यावत्त्व) |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| anāhīneṣu (अनाहीनेषु) | locative plural | anāhīna (अनाहीन) |
| gṛhyate (गृह्यते) | present, third person singular | is taken |
| pakṣa-vada (पक्ष-वद) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: a side, a thesis, and vada (वद). Read it from the end |
| ekasmin (एकस्मिन्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| saṃkhyā-artha-bhāvāt (संख्या-अर्थ-भावात्) | ablative singular | a compound: number, a thing, a meaning, and a state. Read it from the end |
The phrases
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. saṅkhyāvattvān (सङ्ख्यावत्त्वान्) is saṅkhyāvattva (सङ्ख्यावत्त्व). It stands as accusative plural, masculine. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. anāhīneṣu (अनाहीनेषु) is anāhīna (अनाहीन). It stands as locative plural.
gṛhyate (गृह्यते) is is taken. It stands as present, third person singular. pakṣa-vada (पक्ष-वद) is a compound: a side, a thesis, and vada (वद). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. ekasmin (एकस्मिन्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. saṃkhyā-artha-bhāvāt (संख्या-अर्थ-भावात्) is a compound: number, a thing, a meaning, and a state. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
saṃkhyā-artha-bhāvāt (संख्या-अर्थ-भावात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss saṅkhyāvattvān (सङ्ख्यावत्त्वान्) and anāhīneṣu (अनाहीनेषु).
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