11.4.39
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.4.39
कपालानि च कुम्भीवत् तुल्यसंख्यानाम्
kapālāni ca kumbhīvat tulyasaṃkhyānām
The line
kapāla (कपाल) and, kumbhīvat (कुम्भीवत्), of a compound: like, equal, and saṃkhya (संख्य).
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: kapālāni (कपालानि) + ca (च) + kumbhīvat (कुम्भीवत्) + tulya-saṃkhyānām (तुल्य-संख्यानाम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kapālāni (कपालानि) | nominative or accusative plural, neuter | kapāla (कपाल) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| kumbhīvat (कुम्भीवत्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| tulya-saṃkhyānām (तुल्य-संख्यानाम्) | genitive plural | a compound: like, equal, and saṃkhya (संख्य). Read it from the end |
The phrases
kapālāni (कपालानि) is kapāla (कपाल). It stands as nominative or accusative plural, neuter. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
kumbhīvat (कुम्भीवत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. tulya-saṃkhyānām (तुल्य-संख्यानाम्) is a compound: like, equal, and saṃkhya (संख्य). Read it from the end. It stands as genitive plural.
Sanskrit in this line
tulya-saṃkhyānām (तुल्य-संख्यानाम्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kapālāni (कपालानि) and kumbhīvat (कुम्भीवत्).
Next
11.4.40. A compound: toward, against, and the unmanifest of Sāṅkhya (साङ्ख्य) or, like the model.