12.4.6
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 12 / 12.4.6
समुच्चयो वा प्रयोगद्रव्यसमवायात्
samuccayo vā prayogadravyasamavāyāt
The line
A taking together or, because of a compound: a performance, a substance, and inherence.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 12. Prasaṅga (प्रसङ्ग), incidental application, and vikalpa (विकल्प), option. The line is short. krayeṣu (क्रयेषु) from 12.4.5 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: samuccayaḥ (समुच्चयः) + vā (वा) + prayoga-dravya-samavāyāt (प्रयोग-द्रव्य-समवायात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| samuccayaḥ (समुच्चयः) | nominative singular, masculine | a taking together |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| prayoga-dravya-samavāyāt (प्रयोग-द्रव्य-समवायात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a performance, a substance, and inherence. Read it from the end |
The phrases
samuccayaḥ (समुच्चयः) is a taking together. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it samuccayo. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
prayoga-dravya-samavāyāt (प्रयोग-द्रव्य-समवायात्) is a compound: a performance, a substance, and inherence. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
prayoga-dravya-samavāyāt (प्रयोग-द्रव्य-समवायात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it samuccayo.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss samuccayaḥ (समुच्चयः) and prayoga-dravya-samavāyāt (प्रयोग-द्रव्य-समवायात्).