6.7.15
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.7.15
द्वादशशतं वा प्रकृतिवत्
dvādaśaśataṃ vā prakṛtivat
The line
dvādaśaśata (द्वादशशत) or, like the model.
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. ahargaṇe (अहर्गणे) from 6.7.14 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: dvādaśaśataṃ (द्वादशशतं) + vā (वा) + prakṛtivat (प्रकृतिवत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| dvādaśaśataṃ (द्वादशशतं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | dvādaśaśata (द्वादशशत) |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| prakṛtivat (प्रकृतिवत्) | indeclinable | like the model |
The phrases
dvādaśaśataṃ (द्वादशशतं) is dvādaśaśata (द्वादशशत). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
prakṛtivat (प्रकृतिवत्) is like the model. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
dvādaśaśataṃ (द्वादशशतं) is accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss dvādaśaśataṃ (द्वादशशतं) and prakṛtivat (प्रकृतिवत्).
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