10.5.9
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.5.9
यथानिवेशञ् च प्रकृतिवत् सङ्ख्यामात्रविकारत्वात्
yathāniveśañ ca prakṛtivat saṅkhyāmātravikāratvāt
The line
A compound: as, nive (निवे), and śaña (शञ) and, like the model, a compound: saṅkhyā (सङ्ख्या), mātra (मात्र), a transformation, and tvāta (त्वात).
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: yathā-nive-śaña (यथा-निवे-शञ) + ca (च) + prakṛtivat (प्रकृतिवत्) + saṅkhyā-mātra-vikāra-tvāta (सङ्ख्या-मात्र-विकार-त्वात)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yathā-nive-śaña (यथा-निवे-शञ) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: as, nive (निवे), and śaña (शञ). Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| prakṛtivat (प्रकृतिवत्) | indeclinable | like the model |
| saṅkhyā-mātra-vikāra-tvāta (सङ्ख्या-मात्र-विकार-त्वात) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: saṅkhyā (सङ्ख्या), mātra (मात्र), a transformation, and tvāta (त्वात). Read it from the end |
The phrases
yathā-nive-śaña (यथा-निवे-शञ) is a compound: as, nive (निवे), and śaña (शञ). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
prakṛtivat (प्रकृतिवत्) is like the model. It stands as indeclinable. saṅkhyā-mātra-vikāra-tvāta (सङ्ख्या-मात्र-विकार-त्वात) is a compound: saṅkhyā (सङ्ख्या), mātra (मात्र), a transformation, and tvāta (त्वात). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
Sanskrit in this line
saṅkhyā-mātra-vikāra-tvāta (सङ्ख्या-मात्र-विकार-त्वात) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss yathā-nive-śaña (यथा-निवे-शञ) and prakṛtivat (प्रकृतिवत्).
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