8.1.10
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.1.10
दर्शनमैष्टिकानां स्यात्
darśanam aiṣṭikānāṃ syāt
The line
Seeing, of aiṣṭika (ऐष्टिक), it would be, let it be granted.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 8. Transfer by specific indications. The signs in a variant rite's own sentence say which model it borrows from. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: darśanam (दर्शनम्) + aiṣṭikānāṃ (ऐष्टिकानां) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| darśanam (दर्शनम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | seeing |
| aiṣṭikānāṃ (ऐष्टिकानां) | genitive plural | aiṣṭika (ऐष्टिक) |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
darśanam (दर्शनम्) is seeing. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. aiṣṭikānāṃ (ऐष्टिकानां) is aiṣṭika (ऐष्टिक). It stands as genitive plural.
syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
aiṣṭikānāṃ (ऐष्टिकानां) is genitive plural. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss darśanam (दर्शनम्) and aiṣṭikānāṃ (ऐष्टिकानां).