8.3.10
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.3.10
गणादुपचयस् तत्प्रकृतित्वात्
gaṇād upacayas tatprakṛtitvāt
The line
Because of gaṇa (गण), upacayas (उपचय), because of a compound: that, nature, what is seen, 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: gaṇād (गणाद्) + upacayas (उपचय) + tat-prakṛti-tvāt (तत्-प्रकृति-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| gaṇād (गणाद्) | ablative singular | gaṇa (गण) |
| upacayas (उपचय) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| tat-prakṛti-tvāt (तत्-प्रकृति-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: that, nature, what is seen, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
gaṇād (गणाद्) is gaṇa (गण). It stands as ablative singular. upacayas (उपचय) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
tat-prakṛti-tvāt (तत्-प्रकृति-त्वात्) is a compound: that, nature, what is seen, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
tat-prakṛti-tvāt (तत्-प्रकृति-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss gaṇād (गणाद्) and upacayas (उपचय).