11.4.18
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.4.18
दीक्षोपसदां च संख्या पृथक्पृथक् प्रत्यक्षसंयोगात्
dīkṣopasadāṃ ca saṃkhyā pṛthakpṛthak pratyakṣasaṃyogāt
The line
Of dīkṣopasada (दीक्षोपसद) and, number, separately, separately, because of a compound: direct, and conjunction.
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: dīkṣopasadāṃ (दीक्षोपसदां) + ca (च) + saṃkhyā (संख्या) + pṛthak (पृथक्) + pṛthak (पृथक्) + pratyakṣa-saṃyogāt (प्रत्यक्ष-संयोगात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| dīkṣopasadāṃ (दीक्षोपसदां) | genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine | dīkṣopasada (दीक्षोपसद) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| saṃkhyā (संख्या) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | number |
| pṛthak (पृथक्) | indeclinable | separately |
| pṛthak (पृथक्) | indeclinable | separately |
| pratyakṣa-saṃyogāt (प्रत्यक्ष-संयोगात्) | ablative singular | a compound: direct, and conjunction. Read it from the end |
The phrases
dīkṣopasadāṃ (दीक्षोपसदां) is dīkṣopasada (दीक्षोपसद). It stands as genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. saṃkhyā (संख्या) is number. It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular.
pṛthak (पृथक्) is separately. It stands as indeclinable. pṛthak (पृथक्) is separately. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as pṛthakpṛthak (पृथक्पृथक्). pratyakṣa-saṃyogāt (प्रत्यक्ष-संयोगात्) is a compound: direct, and conjunction. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
pratyakṣa-saṃyogāt (प्रत्यक्ष-संयोगात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line joins them as pṛthakpṛthak (पृथक्पृथक्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss dīkṣopasadāṃ (दीक्षोपसदां) and saṃkhyā (संख्या).