4.1.40
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.1.40
समानयनं तु मुख्यं स्याल् लिङ्गदर्शनात्
samānayanaṃ tu mukhyaṃ syāl liṅgadarśanāt
The line
A compound: the same, and yana (यन) but, primary, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before l, because of because a mark is seen.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 4. What is for the rite, and what is for the person. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: samāna-yanaṃ (समान-यनं) + tu (तु) + mukhyaṃ (मुख्यं) + syāl (स्याल्) + liṅgadarśanāt (लिङ्गदर्शनात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| samāna-yanaṃ (समान-यनं) | accusative singular, masculine | a compound: the same, and yana (यन). Read it from the end |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| mukhyaṃ (मुख्यं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | primary |
| syāl (स्याल्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before l |
| liṅgadarśanāt (लिङ्गदर्शनात्) | ablative singular | because a mark is seen |
The phrases
samāna-yanaṃ (समान-यनं) is a compound: the same, and yana (यन). Read it from the end. It stands as accusative singular, masculine. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. mukhyaṃ (मुख्यं) is primary. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
syāl (स्याल्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before l. It stands as optative, third person singular. 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.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss samāna-yanaṃ (समान-यनं) and mukhyaṃ (मुख्यं).
Next
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