10.8.27
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.8.27
ग्रहणं समानविधानं स्यात्
grahaṇaṃ samānavidhānaṃ syāt
The line
A grasping, a compound: the same, and a rule, 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: grahaṇaṃ (ग्रहणं) + samāna-vidhānaṃ (समान-विधानं) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| grahaṇaṃ (ग्रहणं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a grasping |
| samāna-vidhānaṃ (समान-विधानं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: the same, and a rule. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
grahaṇaṃ (ग्रहणं) is a grasping. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. samāna-vidhānaṃ (समान-विधानं) is a compound: the same, and a rule. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
samāna-vidhānaṃ (समान-विधानं) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss grahaṇaṃ (ग्रहणं) and samāna-vidhānaṃ (समान-विधानं).