10.6.16
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.6.16
पृष्ठार्थे वा प्रकृतिलिङ्गसंयोगात्
pṛṣṭhārthe vā prakṛtiliṅgasaṃyogāt
The line
In pṛṣṭhārtha (पृष्ठार्थ) or, because of a compound: nature, what is seen, a mark, and conjunction.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 10. Bādha (बाध): when a transferred detail is excluded. The line is short. vairūpasāmā (वैरूपसामा) from 10.6.15 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: pṛṣṭhārthe (पृष्ठार्थे) + vā (वा) + prakṛti-liṅga-saṃyogāt (प्रकृति-लिङ्ग-संयोगात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| pṛṣṭhārthe (पृष्ठार्थे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | pṛṣṭhārtha (पृष्ठार्थ) |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| prakṛti-liṅga-saṃyogāt (प्रकृति-लिङ्ग-संयोगात्) | ablative singular | a compound: nature, what is seen, a mark, and conjunction. Read it from the end |
The phrases
pṛṣṭhārthe (पृष्ठार्थे) is pṛṣṭhārtha (पृष्ठार्थ). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
prakṛti-liṅga-saṃyogāt (प्रकृति-लिङ्ग-संयोगात्) is a compound: nature, what is seen, a mark, and conjunction. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
prakṛti-liṅga-saṃyogāt (प्रकृति-लिङ्ग-संयोगात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss pṛṣṭhārthe (पृष्ठार्थे) and prakṛti-liṅga-saṃyogāt (प्रकृति-लिङ्ग-संयोगात्).