7.3.36
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.3.36
अभिधानोपदेशाद् वा विप्रतिषेधाद् द्रव्येषु पृष्ठशब्दः स्यात्
abhidhānopadeśād vā vipratiṣedhād dravyeṣu pṛṣṭhaśabdaḥ syāt
The line
Because of a compound: a naming, and teaching or, because of a conflict between two rules, in a substance, a compound: pṛṣṭha (पृष्ठ), and a word, 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: abhidhāna-upadeśāt (अभिधान-उपदेशात्) + vā (वा) + vipratiṣedhāt (विप्रतिषेधात्) + dravyeṣu (द्रव्येषु) + pṛṣṭha-śabdaḥ (पृष्ठ-शब्दः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| abhidhāna-upadeśāt (अभिधान-उपदेशात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a naming, and teaching. Read it from the end |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| vipratiṣedhāt (विप्रतिषेधात्) | ablative singular | a conflict between two rules |
| dravyeṣu (द्रव्येषु) | locative plural | a substance |
| pṛṣṭha-śabdaḥ (पृष्ठ-शब्दः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: pṛṣṭha (पृष्ठ), and a word. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
abhidhāna-upadeśāt (अभिधान-उपदेशात्) is a compound: a naming, and teaching. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it abhidhānopadeśād (अभिधानोपदेशाद्). vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. vipratiṣedhāt (विप्रतिषेधात्) is a conflict between two rules. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it vipratiṣedhād (विप्रतिषेधाद्).
dravyeṣu (द्रव्येषु) is a substance. It stands as locative plural. pṛṣṭha-śabdaḥ (पृष्ठ-शब्दः) is a compound: pṛṣṭha (पृष्ठ), and a word. 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-upadeśāt (अभिधान-उपदेशात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it abhidhānopadeśād (अभिधानोपदेशाद्). The line writes it vipratiṣedhād (विप्रतिषेधाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss abhidhāna-upadeśāt (अभिधान-उपदेशात्) and vipratiṣedhāt (विप्रतिषेधात्).