7.1.8
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.1.8
यदि वाप्यभिधानवत् सामान्यात् सर्वधर्मः स्यात्
yadi vāpy abhidhānavat sāmānyāt sarvadharmaḥ syāt
The line
If or, also, even. api before a vowel, a compound: a naming, and possessing, because of a common case, a compound: all, and dharma, a property, 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: yadi (यदि) + vā (वा) + apy (अप्य्) + abhidhāna-vat (अभिधान-वत्) + sāmānyāt (सामान्यात्) + sarva-dharmaḥ (सर्व-धर्मः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yadi (यदि) | indeclinable | if |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| apy (अप्य्) | indeclinable | also, even. api before a vowel |
| abhidhāna-vat (अभिधान-वत्) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: a naming, and possessing. Read it from the end |
| sāmānyāt (सामान्यात्) | ablative singular | a common case |
| sarva-dharmaḥ (सर्व-धर्मः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: all, and dharma, a property. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
yadi (यदि) is if. It stands as indeclinable. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. apy (अप्य्) is also, even. api before a vowel. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as vāpy (वाप्य्). abhidhāna-vat (अभिधान-वत्) is a compound: a naming, and possessing. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
sāmānyāt (सामान्यात्) is a common case. It stands as ablative singular. sarva-dharmaḥ (सर्व-धर्मः) is a compound: all, and dharma, a property. Read it from the end. 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
abhidhāna-vat (अभिधान-वत्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line joins them as vāpy (वाप्य्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss apy (अप्य्) and abhidhāna-vat (अभिधान-वत्).