8.2.10
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.2.10
पशुः पुरोडाशविकारः स्याद् देवतासामान्यात्
paśuḥ puroḍāśavikāraḥ syād devatāsāmānyāt
The line
An animal offering, a compound: the rice-cake offering, and a transformation, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, because of a compound: a deity, 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 words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: paśuḥ (पशुः) + puroḍāśa-vikāraḥ (पुरोडाश-विकारः) + syād (स्याद्) + devatā-sāmānyāt (देवता-सामान्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| paśuḥ (पशुः) | nominative singular | an animal offering |
| puroḍāśa-vikāraḥ (पुरोडाश-विकारः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: the rice-cake offering, and a transformation. Read it from the end |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| devatā-sāmānyāt (देवता-सामान्यात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a deity, and a common case. Read it from the end |
The phrases
paśuḥ (पशुः) is an animal offering. It stands as nominative singular. puroḍāśa-vikāraḥ (पुरोडाश-विकारः) is a compound: the rice-cake offering, and a transformation. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. devatā-sāmānyāt (देवता-सामान्यात्) is a compound: a deity, and a common case. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
puroḍāśa-vikāraḥ (पुरोडाश-विकारः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss paśuḥ (पशुः) and puroḍāśa-vikāraḥ (पुरोडाश-विकारः).