8.1.11
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.1.11
इष्टिषु दर्शपूर्णमासयोः प्रवृत्तिः स्यात्
iṣṭiṣu darśapūrṇamāsayoḥ pravṛttiḥ syāt
The line
In an offering of cake, of a compound: the new-moon rite, and the full-moon rite, activity, 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: iṣṭiṣu (इष्टिषु) + darśa-pūrṇamāsayoḥ (दर्श-पूर्णमासयोः) + pravṛttiḥ (प्रवृत्तिः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| iṣṭiṣu (इष्टिषु) | locative plural | an offering of cake |
| darśa-pūrṇamāsayoḥ (दर्श-पूर्णमासयोः) | genitive or locative dual | a compound: the new-moon rite, and the full-moon rite. Read it from the end |
| pravṛttiḥ (प्रवृत्तिः) | nominative singular, feminine | activity |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
iṣṭiṣu (इष्टिषु) is an offering of cake. It stands as locative plural. darśa-pūrṇamāsayoḥ (दर्श-पूर्णमासयोः) is a compound: the new-moon rite, and the full-moon rite. Read it from the end. It stands as genitive or locative dual.
pravṛttiḥ (प्रवृत्तिः) is activity. It stands as nominative singular, feminine. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
darśa-pūrṇamāsayoḥ (दर्श-पूर्णमासयोः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss iṣṭiṣu (इष्टिषु) and darśa-pūrṇamāsayoḥ (दर्श-पूर्णमासयोः).
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8.1.12. An animal offering and, because of because a mark is seen.