8.3.9
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.3.9
अधिकाराद् वा प्रकृतिस् तद्विशिष्टा स्यादभिधानस्य तन्निमित्तत्वात्
adhikārād vā prakṛtis tadviśiṣṭā syād abhidhānasya tannimittatvāt
The line
Because of eligibility or, nature, the model, tadviśiṣṭa (तद्विशिष्ट), it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, of a naming, because of a compound: that, the efficient ground, and the state of being that.
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: adhikārāt (अधिकारात्) + vā (वा) + prakṛtiḥ (प्रकृतिः) + tadviśiṣṭā (तद्विशिष्टा) + syād (स्याद्) + abhidhānasya (अभिधानस्य) + tat-nimitta-tvāt (तत्-निमित्त-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| adhikārāt (अधिकारात्) | ablative singular | eligibility |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| prakṛtiḥ (प्रकृतिः) | nominative singular, feminine | nature, the model |
| tadviśiṣṭā (तद्विशिष्टा) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | tadviśiṣṭa (तद्विशिष्ट) |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| abhidhānasya (अभिधानस्य) | genitive singular | a naming |
| tat-nimitta-tvāt (तत्-निमित्त-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: that, the efficient ground, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
adhikārāt (अधिकारात्) is eligibility. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it adhikārād (अधिकाराद्). vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. prakṛtiḥ (प्रकृतिः) is nature, the model. It stands as nominative singular, feminine. The line writes it prakṛtis (प्रकृति). tadviśiṣṭā (तद्विशिष्टा) is tadviśiṣṭa (तद्विशिष्ट). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular.
syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. abhidhānasya (अभिधानस्य) is a naming. It stands as genitive singular. tat-nimitta-tvāt (तत्-निमित्त-त्वात्) is a compound: that, the efficient ground, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
tat-nimitta-tvāt (तत्-निमित्त-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it adhikārād (अधिकाराद्). The line writes it prakṛtis (प्रकृति).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss adhikārāt (अधिकारात्) and prakṛtiḥ (प्रकृतिः).