8.2.5
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.2.5
हविषा वा नियम्येत तद्विकारत्वात्
haviṣā vā niyamyeta tadvikāratvāt
The line
haviṣa (हविष) or, would be restricted, because of a compound: that, a transformation, 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 words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: haviṣā (हविषा) + vā (वा) + niyamyeta (नियम्येत) + tad-vikāra-tvāt (तद्-विकार-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| haviṣā (हविषा) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | haviṣa (हविष) |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| niyamyeta (नियम्येत) | optative, third person singular | would be restricted |
| tad-vikāra-tvāt (तद्-विकार-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: that, a transformation, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
haviṣā (हविषा) is haviṣa (हविष). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
niyamyeta (नियम्येत) is would be restricted. It stands as optative, third person singular. tad-vikāra-tvāt (तद्-विकार-त्वात्) is a compound: that, a transformation, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
tad-vikāra-tvāt (तद्-विकार-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss haviṣā (हविषा) and niyamyeta (नियम्येत).