4.2.15
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.2.15
संयवनार्थानां वा प्रतिपत्तिरितरासां तत्प्रधानत्वात्
saṃyavanārthānāṃ vā pratipattir itarāsāṃ tatpradhānatvāt
The line
Of a compound: saṃya (संय), a forest, and a thing, a meaning or, an understanding, of itarāsa (इतरास), because of because that is its main thing.
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: saṃya-vana-arthānāṃ (संय-वन-अर्थानां) + vā (वा) + pratipattiḥ (प्रतिपत्तिः) + itarāsāṃ (इतरासां) + tatpradhānatvāt (तत्प्रधानत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| saṃya-vana-arthānāṃ (संय-वन-अर्थानां) | genitive plural | a compound: saṃya (संय), a forest, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| pratipattiḥ (प्रतिपत्तिः) | nominative singular | an understanding |
| itarāsāṃ (इतरासां) | genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine | itarāsa (इतरास) |
| tatpradhānatvāt (तत्प्रधानत्वात्) | ablative singular | because that is its main thing |
The phrases
saṃya-vana-arthānāṃ (संय-वन-अर्थानां) is a compound: saṃya (संय), a forest, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end. It stands as genitive plural. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. pratipattiḥ (प्रतिपत्तिः) is an understanding. It stands as nominative singular. The line writes it pratipattir.
itarāsāṃ (इतरासां) is itarāsa (इतरास). It stands as genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine. tatpradhānatvāt (तत्प्रधानत्वात्) is because that is its main thing. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
saṃya-vana-arthānāṃ (संय-वन-अर्थानां) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it pratipattir.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss saṃya-vana-arthānāṃ (संय-वन-अर्थानां) and pratipattiḥ (प्रतिपत्तिः).