6.8.12
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.8.12
स्थपतीष्टवल् लौकिके वा विद्याकर्मानुपूर्वत्वात्
sthapatīṣṭaval laukike vā vidyākarmānupūrvatvāt
The line
A compound: standing, patī (पती), and ṣṭavala (ष्टवल), in an ordinary person or, because of a compound: knowing, action, an atom, 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 words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: stha-patī-ṣṭavala (स्थ-पती-ष्टवल) + laukike (लौकिके) + vā (वा) + vidyā-karma-anu-pūrva-tvāt (विद्या-कर्म-अनु-पूर्व-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| stha-patī-ṣṭavala (स्थ-पती-ष्टवल) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: standing, patī (पती), and ṣṭavala (ष्टवल). Read it from the end |
| laukike (लौकिके) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | an ordinary person |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| vidyā-karma-anu-pūrva-tvāt (विद्या-कर्म-अनु-पूर्व-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: knowing, action, an atom, the earlier, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
stha-patī-ṣṭavala (स्थ-पती-ष्टवल) is a compound: standing, patī (पती), and ṣṭavala (ष्टवल). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. laukike (लौकिके) is an ordinary person. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. vidyā-karma-anu-pūrva-tvāt (विद्या-कर्म-अनु-पूर्व-त्वात्) is a compound: knowing, action, an atom, the earlier, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
vidyā-karma-anu-pūrva-tvāt (विद्या-कर्म-अनु-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 stha-patī-ṣṭavala (स्थ-पती-ष्टवल) and laukike (लौकिके).