8.4.26
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.4.26
लिङ्गाद् वा शेषहोमयोः
liṅgād vā śeṣahomayoḥ
The line
Because of from a mark or, of a compound: the rest, what remains over, and homa (होम).
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 line is short. tatrauṣadhāni (तत्रौषधानि) from 8.4.25 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: liṅgāt (लिङ्गात्) + vā (वा) + śeṣa-homayoḥ (शेष-होमयोः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| liṅgāt (लिङ्गात्) | ablative singular | from a mark |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| śeṣa-homayoḥ (शेष-होमयोः) | genitive or locative dual | a compound: the rest, what remains over, and homa (होम). Read it from the end |
The phrases
liṅgāt (लिङ्गात्) is from a mark. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it liṅgād (लिङ्गाद्). vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
śeṣa-homayoḥ (शेष-होमयोः) is a compound: the rest, what remains over, and homa (होम). Read it from the end. It stands as genitive or locative dual.
Sanskrit in this line
śeṣa-homayoḥ (शेष-होमयोः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it liṅgād (लिङ्गाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss liṅgāt (लिङ्गात्) and śeṣa-homayoḥ (शेष-होमयोः).