8.4.10
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.4.10
तस्मिन् सोमः प्रवर्तेताव्यक्तत्वात्
tasmin somaḥ pravartetāvyaktatvāt
The line
In in that, soma, because of pravartetāvyaktatva (प्रवर्तेताव्यक्तत्व).
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: tasmin (तस्मिन्) + somaḥ (सोमः) + pravartetāvyaktatvāt (प्रवर्तेताव्यक्तत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tasmin (तस्मिन्) | locative singular | in that |
| somaḥ (सोमः) | nominative singular, masculine | soma |
| pravartetāvyaktatvāt (प्रवर्तेताव्यक्तत्वात्) | ablative singular | pravartetāvyaktatva (प्रवर्तेताव्यक्तत्व) |
The phrases
tasmin (तस्मिन्) is in that. It stands as locative singular. somaḥ (सोमः) is soma. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
pravartetāvyaktatvāt (प्रवर्तेताव्यक्तत्वात्) is pravartetāvyaktatva (प्रवर्तेताव्यक्तत्व). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
pravartetāvyaktatvāt (प्रवर्तेताव्यक्तत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tasmin (तस्मिन्) and somaḥ (सोमः).