12.2.9
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 12 / 12.2.9
क्रिया वा देवतार्थत्वात्
kriyā vā devatārthatvāt
The line
An action or, because of a compound: a deity, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 12. Prasaṅga (प्रसङ्ग), incidental application, and vikalpa (विकल्प), option. The line is short. savanīye (सवनीये) from 12.2.8 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: kriyā (क्रिया) + vā (वा) + devatā-artha-tvāt (देवता-अर्थ-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kriyā (क्रिया) | nominative singular, feminine | an action |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| devatā-artha-tvāt (देवता-अर्थ-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a deity, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
kriyā (क्रिया) is an action. It stands as nominative singular, feminine. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
devatā-artha-tvāt (देवता-अर्थ-त्वात्) is a compound: a deity, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
devatā-artha-tvāt (देवता-अर्थ-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kriyā (क्रिया) and devatā-artha-tvāt (देवता-अर्थ-त्वात्).