11.1.36
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.1.36
अभ्यासो वा छेदनसंमार्गावदानेषु वचनात् सकृत्त्वस्य
abhyāso vā chedanasaṃmārgāvadāneṣu vacanāt sakṛttvasya
The line
Practice or, in chedanasaṃmārgāvadāna (छेदनसंमार्गावदान), because of because of a statement, of sakṛttva (सकृत्त्व).
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 11. One performance serving many purposes, and when the acts stay separate. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: abhyāsaḥ (अभ्यासः) + vā (वा) + chedanasaṃmārgāvadāneṣu (छेदनसंमार्गावदानेषु) + vacanāt (वचनात्) + sakṛttvasya (सकृत्त्वस्य)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| abhyāsaḥ (अभ्यासः) | nominative singular, masculine | practice |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| chedanasaṃmārgāvadāneṣu (छेदनसंमार्गावदानेषु) | locative plural | chedanasaṃmārgāvadāna (छेदनसंमार्गावदान) |
| vacanāt (वचनात्) | ablative singular | because of a statement |
| sakṛttvasya (सकृत्त्वस्य) | genitive singular | sakṛttva (सकृत्त्व) |
The phrases
abhyāsaḥ (अभ्यासः) is practice. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it abhyāso (अभ्यासो). vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. chedanasaṃmārgāvadāneṣu (छेदनसंमार्गावदानेषु) is chedanasaṃmārgāvadāna (छेदनसंमार्गावदान). It stands as locative plural.
vacanāt (वचनात्) is because of a statement. It stands as ablative singular. sakṛttvasya (सकृत्त्वस्य) is sakṛttva (सकृत्त्व). It stands as genitive singular.
Sanskrit in this line
chedanasaṃmārgāvadāneṣu (छेदनसंमार्गावदानेषु) is locative plural. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it abhyāso (अभ्यासो).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss abhyāsaḥ (अभ्यासः) and chedanasaṃmārgāvadāneṣu (छेदनसंमार्गावदानेषु).
Next
11.1.37. anabhyāsas (अनभ्यास) but, because of vācyatva (वाच्यत्व).