10.6.40
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.6.40
दशमेऽहनीति च तद्गुणशास्त्रात्
daśame 'hanīti ca tadguṇaśāstrāt
The line
Ten, of me, in ahanīta (अहनीत) and, because of a compound: a quality of that, and a teaching, a treatise.
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: daśa (दश) + me (मे) + ahanīti (अहनीति) + ca (च) + tadguṇa-śāstrāt (तद्गुण-शास्त्रात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| daśa (दश) | indeclinable | ten |
| me (मे) | genitive or dative singular | me |
| ahanīti (अहनीति) | locative singular, or nominative singular | ahanīta (अहनीत) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| tadguṇa-śāstrāt (तद्गुण-शास्त्रात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a quality of that, and a teaching, a treatise. Read it from the end |
The phrases
daśa (दश) is ten. It stands as indeclinable. me (मे) is me. It stands as genitive or dative singular. The line joins them as daśame (दशमे). ahanīti (अहनीति) is ahanīta (अहनीत). It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped.
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. tadguṇa-śāstrāt (तद्गुण-शास्त्रात्) is a compound: a quality of that, and a teaching, a treatise. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
tadguṇa-śāstrāt (तद्गुण-शास्त्रात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line joins them as daśame (दशमे). The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss daśa (दश) and me (मे).
Next
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