3.7.27
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.7.27
दशत्वं लिङ्गदर्शनात्
daśatvaṃ liṅgadarśanāt
The line
Ten, you, because of because a mark is seen.
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: daśa (दश) + tvaṃ (त्वं) + liṅgadarśanāt (लिङ्गदर्शनात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| daśa (दश) | indeclinable | ten |
| tvaṃ (त्वं) | nominative singular | you |
| liṅgadarśanāt (लिङ्गदर्शनात्) | ablative singular | because a mark is seen |
The phrases
daśa (दश) is ten. It stands as indeclinable. tvaṃ (त्वं) is you. It stands as nominative singular. The line joins them as daśatvaṃ (दशत्वं).
liṅgadarśanāt (लिङ्गदर्शनात्) is because a mark is seen. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
liṅgadarśanāt (लिङ्गदर्शनात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as daśatvaṃ (दशत्वं).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss daśa (दश) and tvaṃ (त्वं).
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