11.3.40
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.3.40
उत्पत्तिर् वा प्रयोजकत्वादाशिरवत्
utpattir vā prayojakatvād āśiravat
The line
Arising, the origin or, because of prayojakatva (प्रयोजकत्व), āśiravat (आशिरवत्).
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: utpattiḥ (उत्पत्तिः) + vā (वा) + prayojakatvād (प्रयोजकत्वाद्) + āśiravat (आशिरवत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| utpattiḥ (उत्पत्तिः) | nominative singular | arising, the origin |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| prayojakatvād (प्रयोजकत्वाद्) | ablative singular | prayojakatva (प्रयोजकत्व) |
| āśiravat (आशिरवत्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
The phrases
utpattiḥ (उत्पत्तिः) is arising, the origin. It stands as nominative singular. The line writes it utpattir. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
prayojakatvād (प्रयोजकत्वाद्) is prayojakatva (प्रयोजकत्व). It stands as ablative singular. āśiravat (आशिरवत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
Sanskrit in this line
prayojakatvād (प्रयोजकत्वाद्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it utpattir.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss utpattiḥ (उत्पत्तिः) and prayojakatvād (प्रयोजकत्वाद्).
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