10.7.2
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.7.2
प्रत्यङ्गं वा ग्रहवदङ्गानां पृथक्कल्पनत्वात्
pratyaṅgaṃ vā grahavad aṅgānāṃ pṛthakkalpanatvāt
The line
A compound: toward, against, and a limb, a subsidiary part or, grahavad (ग्रहवद्), of a limb, a subsidiary part, because of pṛthakkalpanatva (पृथक्कल्पनत्व).
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: prati-aṅgaṃ (प्रति-अङ्गं) + vā (वा) + grahavad (ग्रहवद्) + aṅgānāṃ (अङ्गानां) + pṛthakkalpanatvāt (पृथक्कल्पनत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| prati-aṅgaṃ (प्रति-अङ्गं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: toward, against, and a limb, a subsidiary part. Read it from the end |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| grahavad (ग्रहवद्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| aṅgānāṃ (अङ्गानां) | genitive plural | a limb, a subsidiary part |
| pṛthakkalpanatvāt (पृथक्कल्पनत्वात्) | ablative singular | pṛthakkalpanatva (पृथक्कल्पनत्व) |
The phrases
prati-aṅgaṃ (प्रति-अङ्गं) is a compound: toward, against, and a limb, a subsidiary part. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. grahavad (ग्रहवद्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
aṅgānāṃ (अङ्गानां) is a limb, a subsidiary part. It stands as genitive plural. pṛthakkalpanatvāt (पृथक्कल्पनत्वात्) is pṛthakkalpanatva (पृथक्कल्पनत्व). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
pṛthakkalpanatvāt (पृथक्कल्पनत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss prati-aṅgaṃ (प्रति-अङ्गं) and grahavad (ग्रहवद्).