7.2.17
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.2.17
योनिशस्याश् च तुल्यवदितराभिर् विधीयन्ते
yoniśasyāś ca tulyavad itarābhir vidhīyante
The line
yoniśasyāś (योनिशस्याश्) and, a compound: like, equal, and vada (वद), by means of the other, in vidhīyanta (विधीयन्त).
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: yoniśasyāś (योनिशस्याश्) + ca (च) + tulya-vada (तुल्य-वद) + itarābhiḥ (इतराभिः) + vidhīyante (विधीयन्ते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yoniśasyāś (योनिशस्याश्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| tulya-vada (तुल्य-वद) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: like, equal, and vada (वद). Read it from the end |
| itarābhiḥ (इतराभिः) | instrumental plural | the other |
| vidhīyante (विधीयन्ते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | vidhīyanta (विधीयन्त) |
The phrases
yoniśasyāś (योनिशस्याश्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. tulya-vada (तुल्य-वद) is a compound: like, equal, and vada (वद). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
itarābhiḥ (इतराभिः) is the other. It stands as instrumental plural. The line writes it itarābhir (इतराभिर्). vidhīyante (विधीयन्ते) is vidhīyanta (विधीयन्त). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
yoniśasyāś (योनिशस्याश्) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it itarābhir (इतराभिर्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss yoniśasyāś (योनिशस्याश्) and tulya-vada (तुल्य-वद).
Next
7.2.18. ayona (अयोन) and even, is seen, in atathāyona (अतथायोन).