8.1.27
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.1.27
लिङ्गसाधारण्याद् विकल्पः स्यात्
liṅgasādhāraṇyād vikalpaḥ syāt
The line
Because of a compound: a mark, sādhā (साधा), and raṇya (रण्य), an alternative, a division, 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: liṅga-sādhā-raṇyāt (लिङ्ग-साधा-रण्यात्) + vikalpaḥ (विकल्पः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| liṅga-sādhā-raṇyāt (लिङ्ग-साधा-रण्यात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a mark, sādhā (साधा), and raṇya (रण्य). Read it from the end |
| vikalpaḥ (विकल्पः) | nominative singular, masculine | an alternative, a division |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
liṅga-sādhā-raṇyāt (लिङ्ग-साधा-रण्यात्) is a compound: a mark, sādhā (साधा), and raṇya (रण्य). Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it liṅgasādhāraṇyād (लिङ्गसाधारण्याद्). vikalpaḥ (विकल्पः) is an alternative, a division. 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
liṅga-sādhā-raṇyāt (लिङ्ग-साधा-रण्यात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it liṅgasādhāraṇyād (लिङ्गसाधारण्याद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss liṅga-sādhā-raṇyāt (लिङ्ग-साधा-रण्यात्) and vikalpaḥ (विकल्पः).