6.5.29
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.5.29
द्वादशाहस् तु लिङ्गात् स्यात्
dvādaśāhas tu liṅgāt syāt
The line
dvādaśāhas (द्वादशाह) but, because of from a mark, it would be, let it be granted.
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: dvādaśāhas (द्वादशाह) + tu (तु) + liṅgāt (लिङ्गात्) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| dvādaśāhas (द्वादशाह) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| liṅgāt (लिङ्गात्) | ablative singular | from a mark |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
dvādaśāhas (द्वादशाह) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable.
liṅgāt (लिङ्गात्) is from a mark. It stands as ablative singular. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
dvādaśāhas (द्वादशाह) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss dvādaśāhas (द्वादशाह) and liṅgāt (लिङ्गात्).