8.3.11
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.3.11
एकाहाद् वा तेषां समत्वात्स्यात्
ekāhād vā teṣāṃ samatvātsyāt
The line
Because of ekāha (एकाह) or, of of them, because of because they are the same, it would be, let it be granted.
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: ekāhād (एकाहाद्) + vā (वा) + teṣāṃ (तेषां) + samatvāt (समत्वात्) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ekāhād (एकाहाद्) | ablative singular | ekāha (एकाह) |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| teṣāṃ (तेषां) | genitive plural | of them |
| samatvāt (समत्वात्) | ablative singular | because they are the same |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
ekāhād (एकाहाद्) is ekāha (एकाह). It stands as ablative singular. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. teṣāṃ (तेषां) is of them. It stands as genitive plural.
samatvāt (समत्वात्) is because they are the same. It stands as ablative singular. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular. The line joins them as samatvātsyāt (समत्वात्स्यात्).
Sanskrit in this line
samatvāt (समत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as samatvātsyāt (समत्वात्स्यात्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ekāhād (एकाहाद्) and teṣāṃ (तेषां).