12.1.8
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 12 / 12.1.8
जैमिनेः परतन्त्रत्वापत्तेः स्वतन्त्रप्रतिषेधः स्यात्
jaimineḥ paratantratvāpatteḥ svatantrapratiṣedhaḥ syāt
The line
Of Jaimini, of a compound: another system, and tvāpatta (त्वापत्त), a compound: one's own, a shared performance, and a denial, it would be, let it be granted.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 12. Prasaṅga (प्रसङ्ग), incidental application, and vikalpa (विकल्प), option. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: jaimineḥ (जैमिनेः) + paratantra-tvāpatteḥ (परतन्त्र-त्वापत्तेः) + sva-tantra-pratiṣedhaḥ (स्व-तन्त्र-प्रतिषेधः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| jaimineḥ (जैमिनेः) | genitive or ablative singular | Jaimini |
| paratantra-tvāpatteḥ (परतन्त्र-त्वापत्तेः) | genitive or ablative singular | a compound: another system, and tvāpatta (त्वापत्त). Read it from the end |
| sva-tantra-pratiṣedhaḥ (स्व-तन्त्र-प्रतिषेधः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: one's own, a shared performance, and a denial. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
jaimineḥ (जैमिनेः) is Jaimini. It stands as genitive or ablative singular. paratantra-tvāpatteḥ (परतन्त्र-त्वापत्तेः) is a compound: another system, and tvāpatta (त्वापत्त). Read it from the end. It stands as genitive or ablative singular.
sva-tantra-pratiṣedhaḥ (स्व-तन्त्र-प्रतिषेधः) is a compound: one's own, a shared performance, and a denial. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
sva-tantra-pratiṣedhaḥ (स्व-तन्त्र-प्रतिषेधः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss jaimineḥ (जैमिनेः) and paratantra-tvāpatteḥ (परतन्त्र-त्वापत्तेः).