10.5.8
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.5.8
आदितो वा तन्न्यायत्वादितरस्यानुमानिकत्वात्
ādito vā tannyāyatvād itarasyānumānikatvāt
The line
ādita (आदित) or, because of a compound: that, the rule, the right way, and the state of being that, because of a compound: the other, syānu (स्यानु), māni (मानि), and katva (कत्व).
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: ādito (आदितो) + vā (वा) + tat-nyāya-tvāt (तत्-न्याय-त्वात्) + itara-syānu-māni-katvāt (इतर-स्यानु-मानि-कत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ādito (आदितो) | nominative singular, masculine | ādita (आदित) |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| tat-nyāya-tvāt (तत्-न्याय-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: that, the rule, the right way, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| itara-syānu-māni-katvāt (इतर-स्यानु-मानि-कत्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: the other, syānu (स्यानु), māni (मानि), and katva (कत्व). Read it from the end |
The phrases
ādito (आदितो) is ādita (आदित). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
tat-nyāya-tvāt (तत्-न्याय-त्वात्) is a compound: that, the rule, the right way, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it tannyāyatvād (तन्न्यायत्वाद्). itara-syānu-māni-katvāt (इतर-स्यानु-मानि-कत्वात्) is a compound: the other, syānu (स्यानु), māni (मानि), and katva (कत्व). Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
itara-syānu-māni-katvāt (इतर-स्यानु-मानि-कत्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it tannyāyatvād (तन्न्यायत्वाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ādito (आदितो) and tat-nyāya-tvāt (तत्-न्याय-त्वात्).