10.8.34
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.8.34
हविषो वा गुणभूतत्वात् तथाभूतविवक्षा स्यात्
haviṣo vā guṇabhūtatvāt tathābhūtavivakṣā syāt
The line
haviṣa (हविष) or, because of because it stands as a subordinate, a compound: so, an element, and vivakṣa (विवक्ष), 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: haviṣo (हविषो) + vā (वा) + guṇabhūtatvāt (गुणभूतत्वात्) + tathā-bhūta-vivakṣā (तथा-भूत-विवक्षा) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| haviṣo (हविषो) | nominative singular, masculine | haviṣa (हविष) |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| guṇabhūtatvāt (गुणभूतत्वात्) | ablative singular | because it stands as a subordinate |
| tathā-bhūta-vivakṣā (तथा-भूत-विवक्षा) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | a compound: so, an element, and vivakṣa (विवक्ष). Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
haviṣo (हविषो) is haviṣa (हविष). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. guṇabhūtatvāt (गुणभूतत्वात्) is because it stands as a subordinate. It stands as ablative singular.
tathā-bhūta-vivakṣā (तथा-भूत-विवक्षा) is a compound: so, an element, and vivakṣa (विवक्ष). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
tathā-bhūta-vivakṣā (तथा-भूत-विवक्षा) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss haviṣo (हविषो) and guṇabhūtatvāt (गुणभूतत्वात्).