10.8.49
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.8.49
तद्वच् च देवतायां स्यात्
tadvac ca devatāyāṃ syāt
The line
tadvac (तद्वच्) and, a compound: a deity, and yāṃa (यांअ), 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: tadvac (तद्वच्) + ca (च) + devatā-yāṃa (देवता-यांअ) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tadvac (तद्वच्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| devatā-yāṃa (देवता-यांअ) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: a deity, and yāṃa (यांअ). Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
tadvac (तद्वच्) 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.
devatā-yāṃa (देवता-यांअ) is a compound: a deity, and yāṃa (यांअ). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
devatā-yāṃa (देवता-यांअ) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tadvac (तद्वच्) and devatā-yāṃa (देवता-यांअ).
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