11.1.64
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.1.64
अपि चैकेन सन्निधानमविशेषको हेतुः
api caikena sannidhānam aviśeṣako hetuḥ
The line
Even, by means of a compound: and, and one, presence, being at hand, aviśeṣaka (अविशेषक), a reason.
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: api (अपि) + ca-ekena (च-एकेन) + sannidhānam (सन्निधानम्) + aviśeṣako (अविशेषको) + hetuḥ (हेतुः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| ca-ekena (च-एकेन) | instrumental singular | a compound: and, and one. Read it from the end |
| sannidhānam (सन्निधानम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | presence, being at hand |
| aviśeṣako (अविशेषको) | nominative singular, masculine | aviśeṣaka (अविशेषक) |
| hetuḥ (हेतुः) | nominative singular, masculine | a reason |
The phrases
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. ca-ekena (च-एकेन) is a compound: and, and one. Read it from the end. It stands as instrumental singular. sannidhānam (सन्निधानम्) is presence, being at hand. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
aviśeṣako (अविशेषको) is aviśeṣaka (अविशेषक). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. hetuḥ (हेतुः) is a reason. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
sannidhānam (सन्निधानम्) is nominative or accusative singular, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ca-ekena (च-एकेन) and sannidhānam (सन्निधानम्).
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