5.4.8
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 5 / 5.4.8
अयक्ष्यमाणस्य च पवमानहविषां कालनिर्देशादानन्तर्याद् विशङ्का स्यात्
ayakṣyamāṇasya ca pavamānahaviṣāṃ kālanirdeśād ānantaryād viśaṅkā syāt
The line
Of ayakṣyamāṇa (अयक्ष्यमाण) and, of a compound: pava (पव), a measure, a means of knowing, and haviṣa (हविष), because of a compound: time, and a statement of what the rule is, because of ānantarya (आनन्तर्य), viśaṅka (विशङ्क), it would be, let it be granted.
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: ayakṣyamāṇasya (अयक्ष्यमाणस्य) + ca (च) + pava-māna-haviṣāṃ (पव-मान-हविषां) + kāla-nirdeśāt (काल-निर्देशात्) + ānantaryād (आनन्तर्याद्) + viśaṅkā (विशङ्का) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ayakṣyamāṇasya (अयक्ष्यमाणस्य) | genitive singular | ayakṣyamāṇa (अयक्ष्यमाण) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| pava-māna-haviṣāṃ (पव-मान-हविषां) | genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine | a compound: pava (पव), a measure, a means of knowing, and haviṣa (हविष). Read it from the end |
| kāla-nirdeśāt (काल-निर्देशात्) | ablative singular | a compound: time, and a statement of what the rule is. Read it from the end |
| ānantaryād (आनन्तर्याद्) | ablative singular | ānantarya (आनन्तर्य) |
| viśaṅkā (विशङ्का) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | viśaṅka (विशङ्क) |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
ayakṣyamāṇasya (अयक्ष्यमाणस्य) is ayakṣyamāṇa (अयक्ष्यमाण). It stands as genitive singular. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. pava-māna-haviṣāṃ (पव-मान-हविषां) is a compound: pava (पव), a measure, a means of knowing, and haviṣa (हविष). Read it from the end. It stands as genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine. kāla-nirdeśāt (काल-निर्देशात्) is a compound: time, and a statement of what the rule is. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it kālanirdeśād (कालनिर्देशाद्).
ānantaryād (आनन्तर्याद्) is ānantarya (आनन्तर्य). It stands as ablative singular. viśaṅkā (विशङ्का) is viśaṅka (विशङ्क). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
pava-māna-haviṣāṃ (पव-मान-हविषां) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it kālanirdeśād (कालनिर्देशाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ayakṣyamāṇasya (अयक्ष्यमाणस्य) and pava-māna-haviṣāṃ (पव-मान-हविषां).