10.5.77
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.5.77
त्र्यनीकायां न्यायोक्तेष्वाम्नानं गुणार्थं स्यात्
tryanīkāyāṃ nyāyokteṣv āmnānaṃ guṇārthaṃ syāt
The line
Of a compound: tryanī (त्र्यनी), and a body, nyāyokteṣv (न्यायोक्तेष्व्), āmnāna (आम्नान), a compound: a quality, and a thing, a meaning, it would be, let it be granted.
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: tryanī-kāyāṃ (त्र्यनी-कायां) + nyāyokteṣv (न्यायोक्तेष्व्) + āmnānaṃ (आम्नानं) + guṇa-arthaṃ (गुण-अर्थं) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tryanī-kāyāṃ (त्र्यनी-कायां) | genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine | a compound: tryanī (त्र्यनी), and a body. Read it from the end |
| nyāyokteṣv (न्यायोक्तेष्व्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| āmnānaṃ (आम्नानं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | āmnāna (आम्नान) |
| guṇa-arthaṃ (गुण-अर्थं) | accusative singular, masculine | a compound: a quality, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
tryanī-kāyāṃ (त्र्यनी-कायां) is a compound: tryanī (त्र्यनी), and a body. Read it from the end. It stands as genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine. nyāyokteṣv (न्यायोक्तेष्व्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. āmnānaṃ (आम्नानं) is āmnāna (आम्नान). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
guṇa-arthaṃ (गुण-अर्थं) is a compound: a quality, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end. It stands as accusative singular, masculine. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
tryanī-kāyāṃ (त्र्यनी-कायां) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tryanī-kāyāṃ (त्र्यनी-कायां) and nyāyokteṣv (न्यायोक्तेष्व्).