8.1.3
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.1.3
प्रवृत्तित्वादिष्टेः सोमे प्रवृत्तिः स्यात्
pravṛttitvād iṣṭeḥ some pravṛttiḥ syāt
The line
Because of a compound: activity, setting out to act, and the state of being that, of an offering of cake, he, that. saḥ (सः) before a voiced sound, of me, 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: pravṛtti-tvāt (प्रवृत्ति-त्वात्) + iṣṭeḥ (इष्टेः) + so (सो) + me (मे) + pravṛttiḥ (प्रवृत्तिः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| pravṛtti-tvāt (प्रवृत्ति-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: activity, setting out to act, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| iṣṭeḥ (इष्टेः) | genitive or ablative singular | an offering of cake |
| so (सो) | nominative singular, masculine | he, that. saḥ (सः) before a voiced sound |
| me (मे) | genitive or dative singular | me |
| pravṛttiḥ (प्रवृत्तिः) | nominative singular, feminine | activity |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
pravṛtti-tvāt (प्रवृत्ति-त्वात्) is a compound: activity, setting out to act, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it pravṛttitvād (प्रवृत्तित्वाद्). iṣṭeḥ (इष्टेः) is an offering of cake. It stands as genitive or ablative singular. so (सो) is he, that. saḥ (सः) before a voiced sound. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
me (मे) is me. It stands as genitive or dative singular. The line joins them as some. 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
pravṛtti-tvāt (प्रवृत्ति-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it pravṛttitvād (प्रवृत्तित्वाद्). The line joins them as some.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss pravṛtti-tvāt (प्रवृत्ति-त्वात्) and iṣṭeḥ (इष्टेः).
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