10.6.45
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.6.45
सत्रमेकः प्रकृतिवत्
satram ekaḥ prakṛtivat
The line
satra (सत्र), one, like the model.
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: satram (सत्रम्) + ekaḥ (एकः) + prakṛtivat (प्रकृतिवत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| satram (सत्रम्) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | satra (सत्र) |
| ekaḥ (एकः) | nominative singular, masculine | one |
| prakṛtivat (प्रकृतिवत्) | indeclinable | like the model |
The phrases
satram (सत्रम्) is satra (सत्र). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. ekaḥ (एकः) is one. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
prakṛtivat (प्रकृतिवत्) is like the model. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
prakṛtivat (प्रकृतिवत्) is indeclinable. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss satram (सत्रम्) and ekaḥ (एकः).
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