12.2.19
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 12 / 12.2.19
अग्न्यन्वाधानं च यदि देवतार्थम्
agnyanvādhānaṃ ca yadi devatārtham
The line
A compound: fire, an atom, and setting up and, if, a compound: a deity, and a thing, a meaning.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 12. Prasaṅga (प्रसङ्ग), incidental application, and vikalpa (विकल्प), option. The line is short. vaiguṇyād (वैगुण्याद्) from 12.2.18 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: agni-anu-ādhānaṃ (अग्नि-अनु-आधानं) + ca (च) + yadi (यदि) + devatā-artham (देवता-अर्थम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| agni-anu-ādhānaṃ (अग्नि-अनु-आधानं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: fire, an atom, and setting up. Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| yadi (यदि) | indeclinable | if |
| devatā-artham (देवता-अर्थम्) | accusative singular, masculine | a compound: a deity, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end |
The phrases
agni-anu-ādhānaṃ (अग्नि-अनु-आधानं) is a compound: fire, an atom, and setting up. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
yadi (यदि) is if. It stands as indeclinable. devatā-artham (देवता-अर्थम्) is a compound: a deity, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end. It stands as accusative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
agni-anu-ādhānaṃ (अग्नि-अनु-आधानं) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss agni-anu-ādhānaṃ (अग्नि-अनु-आधानं) and devatā-artham (देवता-अर्थम्).