8.3.4
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.3.4
नानाहानि वा संघातत्वात् प्रवृत्तिलिङ्गेन चोदनात्
nānāhāni vā saṃghātatvāt pravṛttiliṅgena codanāt
The line
In a compound: nānā (नाना), and abandonment or, because of saṃghātatva (संघातत्व), by means of a compound: activity, setting out to act, and a mark, because of a command.
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: nānā-hāni (नाना-हानि) + vā (वा) + saṃghātatvāt (संघातत्वात्) + pravṛtti-liṅgena (प्रवृत्ति-लिङ्गेन) + codanāt (चोदनात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| nānā-hāni (नाना-हानि) | locative singular, or nominative singular | a compound: nānā (नाना), and abandonment. Read it from the end |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| saṃghātatvāt (संघातत्वात्) | ablative singular | saṃghātatva (संघातत्व) |
| pravṛtti-liṅgena (प्रवृत्ति-लिङ्गेन) | instrumental singular | a compound: activity, setting out to act, and a mark. Read it from the end |
| codanāt (चोदनात्) | ablative singular | a command |
The phrases
nānā-hāni (नाना-हानि) is a compound: nānā (नाना), and abandonment. Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. saṃghātatvāt (संघातत्वात्) is saṃghātatva (संघातत्व). It stands as ablative singular.
pravṛtti-liṅgena (प्रवृत्ति-लिङ्गेन) is a compound: activity, setting out to act, and a mark. Read it from the end. It stands as instrumental singular. codanāt (चोदनात्) is a command. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
pravṛtti-liṅgena (प्रवृत्ति-लिङ्गेन) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss nānā-hāni (नाना-हानि) and saṃghātatvāt (संघातत्वात्).