10.8.69
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.8.69
अनपायश् च कालस्य लक्षणं हि पुरोडाशौ
anapāyaś ca kālasya lakṣaṇaṃ hi puroḍāśau
The line
anapāyaś (अनपायश्) and, of time, a mark. The rice-cake offering.
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: anapāyaś (अनपायश्) + ca (च) + kālasya (कालस्य) + lakṣaṇaṃ (लक्षणं) + hi (हि) + puroḍāśau (पुरोडाशौ)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| anapāyaś (अनपायश्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| kālasya (कालस्य) | genitive singular | time |
| lakṣaṇaṃ (लक्षणं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a mark |
| hi (हि) | indeclinable | for, indeed |
| puroḍāśau (पुरोडाशौ) | nominative or accusative dual, masculine | the rice-cake offering |
The phrases
anapāyaś (अनपायश्) 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. kālasya (कालस्य) is time. It stands as genitive singular.
lakṣaṇaṃ (लक्षणं) is a mark. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. hi (हि) is for, indeed. It stands as indeclinable. puroḍāśau (पुरोडाशौ) is the rice-cake offering. It stands as nominative or accusative dual, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
puroḍāśau (पुरोडाशौ) is nominative or accusative dual, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss anapāyaś (अनपायश्) and kālasya (कालस्य).