8.4.2
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.4.2
स लौकिकानां स्यात् कर्तुस् तदाख्यत्वात्
sa laukikānāṃ syāt kartus tadākhyatvāt
The line
He, that. saḥ (सः) before a consonant, of an ordinary person, it would be, let it be granted, of an agent, because of tadākhyatva (तदाख्यत्व).
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: sa (स) + laukikānāṃ (लौकिकानां) + syāt (स्यात्) + kartuḥ (कर्तुः) + tadākhyatvāt (तदाख्यत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sa (स) | nominative singular, masculine | he, that. saḥ (सः) before a consonant |
| laukikānāṃ (लौकिकानां) | genitive plural | an ordinary person |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
| kartuḥ (कर्तुः) | genitive or ablative singular, masculine | an agent |
| tadākhyatvāt (तदाख्यत्वात्) | ablative singular | tadākhyatva (तदाख्यत्व) |
The phrases
sa (स) is he, that. saḥ (सः) before a consonant. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. laukikānāṃ (लौकिकानां) is an ordinary person. It stands as genitive plural. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
kartuḥ (कर्तुः) is an agent. It stands as genitive or ablative singular, masculine. The line writes it kartus. tadākhyatvāt (तदाख्यत्वात्) is tadākhyatva (तदाख्यत्व). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
tadākhyatvāt (तदाख्यत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it kartus.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sa (स) and laukikānāṃ (लौकिकानां).
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