8.3.16
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.3.16
गुणाद् वा द्रव्यशब्दः स्यादसर्वविषयत्वात्
guṇād vā dravyaśabdaḥ syād asarvaviṣayatvāt
The line
Because of a quality or, a compound: a substance, and a word, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, a compound: asarva (असर्व), an object, and tvāta (त्वात).
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: guṇāt (गुणात्) + vā (वा) + dravya-śabdaḥ (द्रव्य-शब्दः) + syād (स्याद्) + asarva-viṣaya-tvāta (असर्व-विषय-त्वात)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| guṇāt (गुणात्) | ablative singular | a quality |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| dravya-śabdaḥ (द्रव्य-शब्दः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: a substance, and a word. Read it from the end |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| asarva-viṣaya-tvāta (असर्व-विषय-त्वात) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: asarva (असर्व), an object, and tvāta (त्वात). Read it from the end |
The phrases
guṇāt (गुणात्) is a quality. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it guṇād (गुणाद्). vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. dravya-śabdaḥ (द्रव्य-शब्दः) is a compound: a substance, and a word. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. asarva-viṣaya-tvāta (असर्व-विषय-त्वात) is a compound: asarva (असर्व), an object, and tvāta (त्वात). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
Sanskrit in this line
asarva-viṣaya-tvāta (असर्व-विषय-त्वात) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it guṇād (गुणाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss guṇāt (गुणात्) and dravya-śabdaḥ (द्रव्य-शब्दः).