10.8.24
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.8.24
मासि ग्रहणञ् च तद्वात्
māsi grahaṇañ ca tadvāt
The line
In māsa (मास), grahaṇañ (ग्रहणञ्) and, because of tadva (तद्व).
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: māsi (मासि) + grahaṇañ (ग्रहणञ्) + ca (च) + tadvāt (तद्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| māsi (मासि) | locative singular, or nominative singular | māsa (मास) |
| grahaṇañ (ग्रहणञ्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| tadvāt (तद्वात्) | ablative singular | tadva (तद्व) |
The phrases
māsi (मासि) is māsa (मास). It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular. grahaṇañ (ग्रहणञ्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. tadvāt (तद्वात्) is tadva (तद्व). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
grahaṇañ (ग्रहणञ्) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss māsi (मासि) and grahaṇañ (ग्रहणञ्).
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