8.1.19
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.1.19
निकायिनां च पूर्वस्योत्तरेषु प्रवृत्तिः स्यात्
nikāyināṃ ca pūrvasyottareṣu pravṛttiḥ syāt
The line
Of nikāyina (निकायिन) and, in a compound: the earlier, and syottara (स्योत्तर), 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: nikāyināṃ (निकायिनां) + ca (च) + pūrva-syottareṣu (पूर्व-स्योत्तरेषु) + pravṛttiḥ (प्रवृत्तिः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| nikāyināṃ (निकायिनां) | genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine | nikāyina (निकायिन) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| pūrva-syottareṣu (पूर्व-स्योत्तरेषु) | locative plural | a compound: the earlier, and syottara (स्योत्तर). 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
nikāyināṃ (निकायिनां) is nikāyina (निकायिन). It stands as genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. pūrva-syottareṣu (पूर्व-स्योत्तरेषु) is a compound: the earlier, and syottara (स्योत्तर). Read it from the end. It stands as locative plural.
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
pūrva-syottareṣu (पूर्व-स्योत्तरेषु) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss nikāyināṃ (निकायिनां) and pūrva-syottareṣu (पूर्व-स्योत्तरेषु).