5.2.14
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 5 / 5.2.14
विवृद्धिर् वा नियामादानुपूर्व्यस्य तदर्थत्वात्
vivṛddhir vā niyāmādānupūrvyasya tadarthatvāt
The line
vivṛddhir (विवृद्धिर्) or, of niyāmādānupūrvya (नियामादानुपूर्व्य), because of because it is for the sake of that.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 5. Order. Sequence is fixed by the order of the words, and by other rules when the words do not decide. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: vivṛddhir (विवृद्धिर्) + vā (वा) + niyāmādānupūrvyasya (नियामादानुपूर्व्यस्य) + tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vivṛddhir (विवृद्धिर्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| niyāmādānupūrvyasya (नियामादानुपूर्व्यस्य) | genitive singular | niyāmādānupūrvya (नियामादानुपूर्व्य) |
| tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) | ablative singular | because it is for the sake of that |
The phrases
vivṛddhir (विवृद्धिर्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
niyāmādānupūrvyasya (नियामादानुपूर्व्यस्य) is niyāmādānupūrvya (नियामादानुपूर्व्य). It stands as genitive singular. tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) is because it is for the sake of that. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
niyāmādānupūrvyasya (नियामादानुपूर्व्यस्य) is genitive singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vivṛddhir (विवृद्धिर्) and niyāmādānupūrvyasya (नियामादानुपूर्व्यस्य).