8.1.41
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.1.41
आज्यं वा वर्णसामान्यात्
ājyaṃ vā varṇasāmānyāt
The line
Clarified butter or, because of a compound: a sound, a class, and a common case.
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 line is short. madhūdake (मधूदके) from 8.1.40 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: ājyaṃ (आज्यं) + vā (वा) + varṇa-sāmānyāt (वर्ण-सामान्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ājyaṃ (आज्यं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | clarified butter |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| varṇa-sāmānyāt (वर्ण-सामान्यात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a sound, a class, and a common case. Read it from the end |
The phrases
ājyaṃ (आज्यं) is clarified butter. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
varṇa-sāmānyāt (वर्ण-सामान्यात्) is a compound: a sound, a class, and a common case. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
varṇa-sāmānyāt (वर्ण-सामान्यात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ājyaṃ (आज्यं) and varṇa-sāmānyāt (वर्ण-सामान्यात्).