6.6.30
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.6.30
साग्नीनां वेष्टिपूर्वत्वात्
sāgnīnāṃ veṣṭipūrvatvāt
The line
Of sāgna (साग्न), because of a compound: or, an offering of cake, the earlier, 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 line is short. prāya-ścitta-vidhānāt (प्राय-श्चित्त-विधानात्) from 6.6.29 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: sāgnīnāṃ (साग्नीनां) + vā-iṣṭi-pūrva-tvāt (वा-इष्टि-पूर्व-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sāgnīnāṃ (साग्नीनां) | genitive plural | sāgna (साग्न) |
| vā-iṣṭi-pūrva-tvāt (वा-इष्टि-पूर्व-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: or, an offering of cake, the earlier, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
sāgnīnāṃ (साग्नीनां) is sāgna (साग्न). It stands as genitive plural.
vā-iṣṭi-pūrva-tvāt (वा-इष्टि-पूर्व-त्वात्) is a compound: or, an offering of cake, the earlier, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
vā-iṣṭi-pūrva-tvāt (वा-इष्टि-पूर्व-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sāgnīnāṃ (साग्नीनां) and vā-iṣṭi-pūrva-tvāt (वा-इष्टि-पूर्व-त्वात्).