10.6.8
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.6.8
श्रुतितो वा लोकवद् विभागः स्यात्
śrutito vā lokavad vibhāgaḥ syāt
The line
śrutita (श्रुतित) or, a compound: the world, and vada (वद), disjunction, it would be, let it be granted.
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: śrutito (श्रुतितो) + vā (वा) + loka-vada (लोक-वद) + vibhāgaḥ (विभागः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| śrutito (श्रुतितो) | nominative singular, masculine | śrutita (श्रुतित) |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| loka-vada (लोक-वद) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: the world, and vada (वद). Read it from the end |
| vibhāgaḥ (विभागः) | nominative singular, masculine | disjunction |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
śrutito (श्रुतितो) is śrutita (श्रुतित). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. loka-vada (लोक-वद) is a compound: the world, and vada (वद). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
vibhāgaḥ (विभागः) is disjunction. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
loka-vada (लोक-वद) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss śrutito (श्रुतितो) and loka-vada (लोक-वद).
Next
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