7.1.13
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.1.13
सामाने पूर्ववत्वादुत्पन्नाधिकारः स्यात्
sāmāne pūrvavatvād utpannādhikāraḥ syāt
The line
In sāmāna (सामान), because of a compound: the earlier, and vatva (वत्व), utpannādhikāra (उत्पन्नाधिकार), it would be, let it be granted.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 7. Transfer. The details of a model rite are carried to a variant rite, and where that carrying stops. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: sāmāne (सामाने) + pūrva-vatvāt (पूर्व-वत्वात्) + utpannādhikāraḥ (उत्पन्नाधिकारः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sāmāne (सामाने) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | sāmāna (सामान) |
| pūrva-vatvāt (पूर्व-वत्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: the earlier, and vatva (वत्व). Read it from the end |
| utpannādhikāraḥ (उत्पन्नाधिकारः) | nominative singular, masculine | utpannādhikāra (उत्पन्नाधिकार) |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
sāmāne (सामाने) is sāmāna (सामान). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. pūrva-vatvāt (पूर्व-वत्वात्) is a compound: the earlier, and vatva (वत्व). Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it pūrvavatvād (पूर्ववत्वाद्).
utpannādhikāraḥ (उत्पन्नाधिकारः) is utpannādhikāra (उत्पन्नाधिकार). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
utpannādhikāraḥ (उत्पन्नाधिकारः) is nominative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it pūrvavatvād (पूर्ववत्वाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sāmāne (सामाने) and pūrva-vatvāt (पूर्व-वत्वात्).