8.3.15
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.3.15
ऐकसंख्यमेव स्यात्
aikasaṃkhyam eva syāt
The line
aikasaṃkhya (ऐकसंख्य) just, 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 line is short. viṃśatau (विंशतौ) from 8.3.14 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: aikasaṃkhyam (ऐकसंख्यम्) + eva (एव) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| aikasaṃkhyam (ऐकसंख्यम्) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | aikasaṃkhya (ऐकसंख्य) |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | only, just |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
aikasaṃkhyam (ऐकसंख्यम्) is aikasaṃkhya (ऐकसंख्य). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. eva (एव) is only, just. It stands as indeclinable.
syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
aikasaṃkhyam (ऐकसंख्यम्) is accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss aikasaṃkhyam (ऐकसंख्यम्) and syāt (स्यात्).