8.3.25
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.3.25
अपूर्वे च विकल्पः स्याद् यदि संख्याविधानम्
apūrve ca vikalpaḥ syād yadi saṃkhyāvidhānam
The line
In the unseen and, an alternative, a division, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, if, a compound: number, and a rule.
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: apūrve (अपूर्वे) + ca (च) + vikalpaḥ (विकल्पः) + syād (स्याद्) + yadi (यदि) + saṃkhyā-vidhānam (संख्या-विधानम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| apūrve (अपूर्वे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | the unseen |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| vikalpaḥ (विकल्पः) | nominative singular, masculine | an alternative, a division |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| yadi (यदि) | indeclinable | if |
| saṃkhyā-vidhānam (संख्या-विधानम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: number, and a rule. Read it from the end |
The phrases
apūrve (अपूर्वे) is the unseen. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. vikalpaḥ (विकल्पः) is an alternative, a division. 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. yadi (यदि) is if. It stands as indeclinable. saṃkhyā-vidhānam (संख्या-विधानम्) is a compound: number, and a rule. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
saṃkhyā-vidhānam (संख्या-विधानम्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss apūrve (अपूर्वे) and vikalpaḥ (विकल्पः).