6.4.44
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.4.44
कालविधिर् वोभयोर् विद्यामानत्वात्
kālavidhir vobhayor vidyāmānatvāt
The line
A compound: time, and vidha (विध) or, of of both, because of a compound: knowing, a measure, a means of knowing, and the state of being that.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 6. Who may perform. Eligibility, and the way substances are tied to an act. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: kāla-vidhiḥ (काल-विधिः) + vā (वा) + ubhayoḥ (उभयोः) + vidyā-māna-tvāt (विद्या-मान-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kāla-vidhiḥ (काल-विधिः) | nominative singular | a compound: time, and vidha (विध). Read it from the end |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| ubhayoḥ (उभयोः) | genitive or locative dual | of both |
| vidyā-māna-tvāt (विद्या-मान-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: knowing, a measure, a means of knowing, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
kāla-vidhiḥ (काल-विधिः) is a compound: time, and vidha (विध). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular. The line writes it kālavidhir (कालविधिर्). vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
ubhayoḥ (उभयोः) is of both. It stands as genitive or locative dual. The line joins them as vobhayor. vidyā-māna-tvāt (विद्या-मान-त्वात्) is a compound: knowing, a measure, a means of knowing, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
vidyā-māna-tvāt (विद्या-मान-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it kālavidhir (कालविधिर्). The line joins them as vobhayor.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kāla-vidhiḥ (काल-विधिः) and ubhayoḥ (उभयोः).
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