12.2.25
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 12 / 12.2.25
मुख्यं वा पूर्वचोदनाल् लोकवत्
mukhyaṃ vā pūrvacodanāl lokavat
The line
Primary or, a compound: the earlier, coda (चोद), and nāla (नाल), as in the world.
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: mukhyaṃ (मुख्यं) + vā (वा) + pūrva-coda-nāla (पूर्व-चोद-नाल) + lokavat (लोकवत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| mukhyaṃ (मुख्यं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | primary |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| pūrva-coda-nāla (पूर्व-चोद-नाल) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: the earlier, coda (चोद), and nāla (नाल). Read it from the end |
| lokavat (लोकवत्) | indeclinable | as in the world |
The phrases
mukhyaṃ (मुख्यं) is primary. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
pūrva-coda-nāla (पूर्व-चोद-नाल) is a compound: the earlier, coda (चोद), and nāla (नाल). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. lokavat (लोकवत्) is as in the world. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
pūrva-coda-nāla (पूर्व-चोद-नाल) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss mukhyaṃ (मुख्यं) and pūrva-coda-nāla (पूर्व-चोद-नाल).
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