2.2.9
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.2.9
पौर्णमासीवदुपांशुयाजः स्यात्
paurṇamāsīvad upāṃśuyājaḥ syāt
The line
paurṇamāsīvad (पौर्णमासीवद्), upāṃśuyāja (उपांशुयाज), it would be, let it be granted.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 2. Which acts are different acts. The word for an action means the act, and from that the differences among rites are drawn. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: paurṇamāsīvad (पौर्णमासीवद्) + upāṃśuyājaḥ (उपांशुयाजः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| paurṇamāsīvad (पौर्णमासीवद्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| upāṃśuyājaḥ (उपांशुयाजः) | nominative singular, masculine | upāṃśuyāja (उपांशुयाज) |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
paurṇamāsīvad (पौर्णमासीवद्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. upāṃśuyājaḥ (उपांशुयाजः) is upāṃśuyāja (उपांशुयाज). It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
paurṇamāsīvad (पौर्णमासीवद्) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss paurṇamāsīvad (पौर्णमासीवद्) and upāṃśuyājaḥ (उपांशुयाजः).
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