11.3.44
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.3.44
प्रकृत्यर्थत्वात् पौर्णमास्याः क्रियेरन्
prakṛtyarthatvāt paurṇamāsyāḥ kriyeran
The line
Because of a compound: nature, what is seen, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that, paurṇamāsya (पौर्णमास्य), kriyeran (क्रियेरन्).
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: prakṛti-artha-tvāt (प्रकृति-अर्थ-त्वात्) + paurṇamāsyāḥ (पौर्णमास्याः) + kriyeran (क्रियेरन्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| prakṛti-artha-tvāt (प्रकृति-अर्थ-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: nature, what is seen, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| paurṇamāsyāḥ (पौर्णमास्याः) | nominative plural | paurṇamāsya (पौर्णमास्य) |
| kriyeran (क्रियेरन्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
The phrases
prakṛti-artha-tvāt (प्रकृति-अर्थ-त्वात्) is a compound: nature, what is seen, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. paurṇamāsyāḥ (पौर्णमास्याः) is paurṇamāsya (पौर्णमास्य). It stands as nominative plural.
kriyeran (क्रियेरन्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
Sanskrit in this line
prakṛti-artha-tvāt (प्रकृति-अर्थ-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss prakṛti-artha-tvāt (प्रकृति-अर्थ-त्वात्) and paurṇamāsyāḥ (पौर्णमास्याः).