12.4.5
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 12 / 12.4.5
क्रयेषु ति विकल्पः स्यादेकार्थत्वात्
krayeṣu ti vikalpaḥ syād ekārthatvāt
The line
In kraya (क्रय), ti (ति), an alternative, a division, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, because of a compound: one, 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 words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: krayeṣu (क्रयेषु) + ti (ति) + vikalpaḥ (विकल्पः) + syād (स्याद्) + eka-artha-tvāt (एक-अर्थ-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| krayeṣu (क्रयेषु) | locative plural | kraya (क्रय) |
| ti (ति) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| vikalpaḥ (विकल्पः) | nominative singular, masculine | an alternative, a division |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| eka-artha-tvāt (एक-अर्थ-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: one, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
krayeṣu (क्रयेषु) is kraya (क्रय). It stands as locative plural. ti (ति) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. vikalpaḥ (विकल्पः) is an alternative, a division. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. eka-artha-tvāt (एक-अर्थ-त्वात्) is a compound: one, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
eka-artha-tvāt (एक-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 krayeṣu (क्रयेषु) and ti (ति).
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