11.3.55
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.3.55
वाक्यसंयोगाद् वोत्कर्षः समानतन्त्रत्वादर्थलोपादनन्वयः
vākyasaṃyogād votkarṣaḥ samānatantratvād arthalopād ananvayaḥ
The line
Because of a compound: a sentence, and conjunction, a compound: or, and a raising, because of a compound: the same, a shared performance, and the state of being that, because of a compound: a thing, a meaning, and lopa (लोप), ananvaya (अनन्वय).
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: vākya-saṃyogāt (वाक्य-संयोगात्) + vā-utkarṣaḥ (वा-उत्कर्षः) + samāna-tantra-tvāt (समान-तन्त्र-त्वात्) + artha-lopāt (अर्थ-लोपात्) + ananvayaḥ (अनन्वयः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vākya-saṃyogāt (वाक्य-संयोगात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a sentence, and conjunction. Read it from the end |
| vā-utkarṣaḥ (वा-उत्कर्षः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: or, and a raising. Read it from the end |
| samāna-tantra-tvāt (समान-तन्त्र-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: the same, a shared performance, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| artha-lopāt (अर्थ-लोपात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a thing, a meaning, and lopa (लोप). Read it from the end |
| ananvayaḥ (अनन्वयः) | nominative singular, masculine | ananvaya (अनन्वय) |
The phrases
vākya-saṃyogāt (वाक्य-संयोगात्) is a compound: a sentence, and conjunction. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it vākyasaṃyogād (वाक्यसंयोगाद्). vā-utkarṣaḥ (वा-उत्कर्षः) is a compound: or, and a raising. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. samāna-tantra-tvāt (समान-तन्त्र-त्वात्) is a compound: the same, a shared performance, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it samānatantratvād (समानतन्त्रत्वाद्).
artha-lopāt (अर्थ-लोपात्) is a compound: a thing, a meaning, and lopa (लोप). Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it arthalopād (अर्थलोपाद्). ananvayaḥ (अनन्वयः) is ananvaya (अनन्वय). It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
samāna-tantra-tvāt (समान-तन्त्र-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it vākyasaṃyogād (वाक्यसंयोगाद्). The line writes it samānatantratvād (समानतन्त्रत्वाद्). The line writes it arthalopād (अर्थलोपाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vākya-saṃyogāt (वाक्य-संयोगात्) and vā-utkarṣaḥ (वा-उत्कर्षः).