11.2.8
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.2.8
अङ्गानि तु विधानत्वात् प्रधानेनोपदिश्येरंस् तस्मात् स्यादेकदेशत्वम्
aṅgāni tu vidhānatvāt pradhānenopadiśyeraṃs tasmāt syād ekadeśatvam
The line
A limb, a subsidiary part but, because of a compound: a rule, and the state of being that, pradhānenopadiśyeraṃs (प्रधानेनोपदिश्येरंस्), because of from that, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, a compound: one part, and the state of being that.
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: aṅgāni (अङ्गानि) + tu (तु) + vidhāna-tvāt (विधान-त्वात्) + pradhānenopadiśyeraṃs (प्रधानेनोपदिश्येरंस्) + tasmāt (तस्मात्) + syād (स्याद्) + ekadeśa-tvam (एकदेश-त्वम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| aṅgāni (अङ्गानि) | nominative or accusative plural, neuter | a limb, a subsidiary part |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| vidhāna-tvāt (विधान-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a rule, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| pradhānenopadiśyeraṃs (प्रधानेनोपदिश्येरंस्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| tasmāt (तस्मात्) | ablative singular | from that |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| ekadeśa-tvam (एकदेश-त्वम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: one part, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
aṅgāni (अङ्गानि) is a limb, a subsidiary part. It stands as nominative or accusative plural, neuter. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. vidhāna-tvāt (विधान-त्वात्) is a compound: a rule, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. pradhānenopadiśyeraṃs (प्रधानेनोपदिश्येरंस्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
tasmāt (तस्मात्) is from that. It stands as ablative singular. syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. ekadeśa-tvam (एकदेश-त्वम्) is a compound: one part, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
pradhānenopadiśyeraṃs (प्रधानेनोपदिश्येरंस्) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss aṅgāni (अङ्गानि) and vidhāna-tvāt (विधान-त्वात्).
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