6.7.22
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.7.22
कल्पान्तरं वा तुल्यवत् प्रसङ्ख्यानात्
kalpāntaraṃ vā tulyavat prasaṅkhyānāt
The line
kalpāntara (कल्पान्तर) or, a compound: like, equal, and possessing, because of prasaṅkhyāna (प्रसङ्ख्यान).
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: kalpāntaraṃ (कल्पान्तरं) + vā (वा) + tulya-vat (तुल्य-वत्) + prasaṅkhyānāt (प्रसङ्ख्यानात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kalpāntaraṃ (कल्पान्तरं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | kalpāntara (कल्पान्तर) |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| tulya-vat (तुल्य-वत्) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: like, equal, and possessing. Read it from the end |
| prasaṅkhyānāt (प्रसङ्ख्यानात्) | ablative singular | prasaṅkhyāna (प्रसङ्ख्यान) |
The phrases
kalpāntaraṃ (कल्पान्तरं) is kalpāntara (कल्पान्तर). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
tulya-vat (तुल्य-वत्) is a compound: like, equal, and possessing. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. prasaṅkhyānāt (प्रसङ्ख्यानात्) is prasaṅkhyāna (प्रसङ्ख्यान). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
prasaṅkhyānāt (प्रसङ्ख्यानात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kalpāntaraṃ (कल्पान्तरं) and tulya-vat (तुल्य-वत्).
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