8.3.27
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.3.27
तथा पूर्ववति स्यात्
tathā pūrvavati syāt
The line
So, in that way, in the kind that has a forerunner, 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. ṛgguṇatvān (ऋग्गुणत्वान्) from 8.3.26 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: tathā (तथा) + pūrvavati (पूर्ववति) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tathā (तथा) | indeclinable | so, in that way |
| pūrvavati (पूर्ववति) | locative singular, or nominative singular | the kind that has a forerunner |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
tathā (तथा) is so, in that way. It stands as indeclinable. pūrvavati (पूर्ववति) is the kind that has a forerunner. It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular.
syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
pūrvavati (पूर्ववति) is locative singular, or nominative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss pūrvavati (पूर्ववति) and syāt (स्यात्).