7.4.16
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.4.16
लिङ्गं संघातधर्मः स्यात् तदर्थापत्तेर् द्रव्यवत्
liṅgaṃ saṃghātadharmaḥ syāt tadarthāpatter dravyavat
The line
A mark, a compound: saṃghāta (संघात), and dharma, a property, it would be, let it be granted, tadarthāpatter (तदर्थापत्तेर्), a compound: a substance, and possessing.
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: liṅgaṃ (लिङ्गं) + saṃghāta-dharmaḥ (संघात-धर्मः) + syāt (स्यात्) + tadarthāpatter (तदर्थापत्तेर्) + dravya-vat (द्रव्य-वत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| liṅgaṃ (लिङ्गं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a mark |
| saṃghāta-dharmaḥ (संघात-धर्मः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: saṃghāta (संघात), and dharma, a property. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
| tadarthāpatter (तदर्थापत्तेर्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| dravya-vat (द्रव्य-वत्) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: a substance, and possessing. Read it from the end |
The phrases
liṅgaṃ (लिङ्गं) is a mark. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. saṃghāta-dharmaḥ (संघात-धर्मः) is a compound: saṃghāta (संघात), 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.
tadarthāpatter (तदर्थापत्तेर्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. dravya-vat (द्रव्य-वत्) is a compound: a substance, and possessing. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
Sanskrit in this line
saṃghāta-dharmaḥ (संघात-धर्मः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss liṅgaṃ (लिङ्गं) and saṃghāta-dharmaḥ (संघात-धर्मः).