8.3.8
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.3.8
संस्थागणेषु तदभ्यासः प्रतीयेत कृतलक्षणग्रहणात्
saṃsthāgaṇeṣu tadabhyāsaḥ pratīyeta kṛtalakṣaṇagrahaṇāt
The line
In saṃsthāgaṇa (संस्थागण), tadabhyāsa (तदभ्यास), would be understood, because of a compound: made, done, a mark, and a grasping.
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: saṃsthāgaṇeṣu (संस्थागणेषु) + tadabhyāsaḥ (तदभ्यासः) + pratīyeta (प्रतीयेत) + kṛta-lakṣaṇa-grahaṇāt (कृत-लक्षण-ग्रहणात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| saṃsthāgaṇeṣu (संस्थागणेषु) | locative plural | saṃsthāgaṇa (संस्थागण) |
| tadabhyāsaḥ (तदभ्यासः) | nominative singular, masculine | tadabhyāsa (तदभ्यास) |
| pratīyeta (प्रतीयेत) | optative, third person singular | would be understood |
| kṛta-lakṣaṇa-grahaṇāt (कृत-लक्षण-ग्रहणात्) | ablative singular | a compound: made, done, a mark, and a grasping. Read it from the end |
The phrases
saṃsthāgaṇeṣu (संस्थागणेषु) is saṃsthāgaṇa (संस्थागण). It stands as locative plural. tadabhyāsaḥ (तदभ्यासः) is tadabhyāsa (तदभ्यास). It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
pratīyeta (प्रतीयेत) is would be understood. It stands as optative, third person singular. kṛta-lakṣaṇa-grahaṇāt (कृत-लक्षण-ग्रहणात्) is a compound: made, done, a mark, and a grasping. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
kṛta-lakṣaṇa-grahaṇāt (कृत-लक्षण-ग्रहणात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss saṃsthāgaṇeṣu (संस्थागणेषु) and tadabhyāsaḥ (तदभ्यासः).