10.7.7
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.7.7
अपि वा परिसङ्ख्या स्यादनवदानीयशब्दत्वात्
api vā parisaṅkhyā syād anavadānīyaśabdatvāt
The line
Even or, parisaṅkhya (परिसङ्ख्य), it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, a compound: anava (अनव), dānīya (दानीय), a word, and tvāta (त्वात).
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: api (अपि) + vā (वा) + parisaṅkhyā (परिसङ्ख्या) + syād (स्याद्) + anava-dānīya-śabda-tvāta (अनव-दानीय-शब्द-त्वात)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| parisaṅkhyā (परिसङ्ख्या) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | parisaṅkhya (परिसङ्ख्य) |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| anava-dānīya-śabda-tvāta (अनव-दानीय-शब्द-त्वात) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: anava (अनव), dānīya (दानीय), a word, and tvāta (त्वात). Read it from the end |
The phrases
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. parisaṅkhyā (परिसङ्ख्या) is parisaṅkhya (परिसङ्ख्य). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular.
syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. anava-dānīya-śabda-tvāta (अनव-दानीय-शब्द-त्वात) is a compound: anava (अनव), dānīya (दानीय), a word, and tvāta (त्वात). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
Sanskrit in this line
anava-dānīya-śabda-tvāta (अनव-दानीय-शब्द-त्वात) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss parisaṅkhyā (परिसङ्ख्या) and syād (स्याद्).
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