10.5.60
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.5.60
मुख्येन वा नियम्येत
mukhyena vā niyamyeta
The line
By means of primary or, would be restricted.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 10. Bādha (बाध): when a transferred detail is excluded. The line is short. ubhaya-sāmni (उभय-साम्नि) from 10.5.59 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: mukhyena (मुख्येन) + vā (वा) + niyamyeta (नियम्येत)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| mukhyena (मुख्येन) | instrumental singular | primary |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| niyamyeta (नियम्येत) | optative, third person singular | would be restricted |
The phrases
mukhyena (मुख्येन) is primary. It stands as instrumental singular. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
niyamyeta (नियम्येत) is would be restricted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
niyamyeta (नियम्येत) is optative, third person singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss mukhyena (मुख्येन) and niyamyeta (नियम्येत).