3.3.41
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.3.41
अपि वा सद्वितीये स्याद् देवतानिमित्तत्वात
api vā sadvitīye syād devatānimittatvāta
The line
Even or, in sadvitīya (सद्वितीय), it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, a compound: a deity, the efficient ground, and tvāta (त्वात).
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 3. Śeṣa (शेष), the subsidiary. How you tell what serves a rite and what the rite serves. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: api (अपि) + vā (वा) + sadvitīye (सद्वितीये) + syād (स्याद्) + devatā-nimitta-tvāta (देवता-निमित्त-त्वात)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| sadvitīye (सद्वितीये) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | sadvitīya (सद्वितीय) |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| devatā-nimitta-tvāta (देवता-निमित्त-त्वात) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: a deity, the efficient ground, and tvāta (त्वात). Read it from the end |
The phrases
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. sadvitīye (सद्वितीये) is sadvitīya (सद्वितीय). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. devatā-nimitta-tvāta (देवता-निमित्त-त्वात) is a compound: a deity, the efficient ground, and tvāta (त्वात). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
Sanskrit in this line
devatā-nimitta-tvāta (देवता-निमित्त-त्वात) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sadvitīye (सद्वितीये) and syād (स्याद्).
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