4.4.2
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.4.2
अपि वाङ्गमनिज्याः स्युस् ततो विशिष्टत्वात्
api vāṅgamanijyāḥ syus tato viśiṣṭatvāt
The line
Even, vāṅgamanijya (वाङ्गमनिज्य), they would be, from that. tataḥ (ततः) before a voiced sound, because of viśiṣṭatva (विशिष्टत्व).
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: api (अपि) + vāṅgamanijyāḥ (वाङ्गमनिज्याः) + syuḥ (स्युः) + tato (ततो) + viśiṣṭatvāt (विशिष्टत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| vāṅgamanijyāḥ (वाङ्गमनिज्याः) | nominative plural | vāṅgamanijya (वाङ्गमनिज्य) |
| syuḥ (स्युः) | optative, third person plural | they would be |
| tato (ततो) | indeclinable | from that. tataḥ (ततः) before a voiced sound |
| viśiṣṭatvāt (विशिष्टत्वात्) | ablative singular | viśiṣṭatva (विशिष्टत्व) |
The phrases
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. vāṅgamanijyāḥ (वाङ्गमनिज्याः) is vāṅgamanijya (वाङ्गमनिज्य). It stands as nominative plural. syuḥ (स्युः) is they would be. It stands as optative, third person plural. The line writes it syus.
tato (ततो) is from that. tataḥ (ततः) before a voiced sound. It stands as indeclinable. viśiṣṭatvāt (विशिष्टत्वात्) is viśiṣṭatva (विशिष्टत्व). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
vāṅgamanijyāḥ (वाङ्गमनिज्याः) is nominative plural. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it syus.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vāṅgamanijyāḥ (वाङ्गमनिज्याः) and syuḥ (स्युः).
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