11.3.17
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.3.17
पशौ च पुरोडाशे समानतन्त्रं भवेत्
paśau ca puroḍāśe samānatantraṃ bhavet
The line
An animal offering and, in the rice-cake offering, a compound: the same, and a shared performance, would be.
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: paśau (पशौ) + ca (च) + puroḍāśe (पुरोडाशे) + samāna-tantraṃ (समान-तन्त्रं) + bhavet (भवेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| paśau (पशौ) | nominative or accusative dual, or locative singular | an animal offering |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| puroḍāśe (पुरोडाशे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | the rice-cake offering |
| samāna-tantraṃ (समान-तन्त्रं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: the same, and a shared performance. Read it from the end |
| bhavet (भवेत्) | optative, third person singular | would be |
The phrases
paśau (पशौ) is an animal offering. It stands as nominative or accusative dual, or locative singular. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. puroḍāśe (पुरोडाशे) is the rice-cake offering. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
samāna-tantraṃ (समान-तन्त्रं) is a compound: the same, and a shared performance. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. bhavet (भवेत्) is would be. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
samāna-tantraṃ (समान-तन्त्रं) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss paśau (पशौ) and puroḍāśe (पुरोडाशे).