8.2.20
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.2.20
एकं वा चोदनैकत्वात्
ekaṃ vā codanaikatvāt
The line
One or, because of a compound: a command, one, and the state of being that.
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. āmikṣo-bhaya-bhāvyatvāt (आमिक्षो-भय-भाव्यत्वात्) from 8.2.19 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: ekaṃ (एकं) + vā (वा) + codanā-eka-tvāt (चोदना-एक-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ekaṃ (एकं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | one |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| codanā-eka-tvāt (चोदना-एक-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a command, one, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
ekaṃ (एकं) is one. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
codanā-eka-tvāt (चोदना-एक-त्वात्) is a compound: a command, one, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
codanā-eka-tvāt (चोदना-एक-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ekaṃ (एकं) and codanā-eka-tvāt (चोदना-एक-त्वात्).
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