11.4.45
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.4.45
द्रव्यान्तरवद् वा स्यात् तत्संस्कारात्
dravyāntaravad vā syāt tatsaṃskārāt
The line
A compound: a substance, a difference, an interval, and vada (वद) or, it would be, let it be granted, because of a compound: that, and a compounded thing.
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: dravya-antara-vada (द्रव्य-अन्तर-वद) + vā (वा) + syāt (स्यात्) + tat-saṃskārāt (तत्-संस्कारात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| dravya-antara-vada (द्रव्य-अन्तर-वद) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: a substance, a difference, an interval, and vada (वद). Read it from the end |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
| tat-saṃskārāt (तत्-संस्कारात्) | ablative singular | a compound: that, and a compounded thing. Read it from the end |
The phrases
dravya-antara-vada (द्रव्य-अन्तर-वद) is a compound: a substance, a difference, an interval, and vada (वद). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular. tat-saṃskārāt (तत्-संस्कारात्) is a compound: that, and a compounded thing. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
dravya-antara-vada (द्रव्य-अन्तर-वद) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss dravya-antara-vada (द्रव्य-अन्तर-वद) and syāt (स्यात्).