11.2.24
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.2.24
वसाहोमस् तन्त्रमेकदेवतेषु स्यात् प्रदानस्यैककालत्वात्
vasāhomas tantram ekadevateṣu syāt pradānasyaikakālatvāt
The line
vasāhomas (वसाहोम), a shared performance, in ekadevata (एकदेवत), it would be, let it be granted, a compound: pradā (प्रदा), nasyaika (नस्यैक), time, and tvāta (त्वात).
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: vasāhomas (वसाहोम) + tantram (तन्त्रम्) + ekadevateṣu (एकदेवतेषु) + syāt (स्यात्) + pradā-nasyaika-kāla-tvāta (प्रदा-नस्यैक-काल-त्वात)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vasāhomas (वसाहोम) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| tantram (तन्त्रम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a shared performance |
| ekadevateṣu (एकदेवतेषु) | locative plural | ekadevata (एकदेवत) |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
| pradā-nasyaika-kāla-tvāta (प्रदा-नस्यैक-काल-त्वात) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: pradā (प्रदा), nasyaika (नस्यैक), time, and tvāta (त्वात). Read it from the end |
The phrases
vasāhomas (वसाहोम) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. tantram (तन्त्रम्) is a shared performance. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. ekadevateṣu (एकदेवतेषु) is ekadevata (एकदेवत). It stands as locative plural.
syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular. pradā-nasyaika-kāla-tvāta (प्रदा-नस्यैक-काल-त्वात) is a compound: pradā (प्रदा), nasyaika (नस्यैक), time, and tvāta (त्वात). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
Sanskrit in this line
pradā-nasyaika-kāla-tvāta (प्रदा-नस्यैक-काल-त्वात) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vasāhomas (वसाहोम) and tantram (तन्त्रम्).