8.4.5
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.4.5
द्रव्योपदेशाद् वा गुणाभिधानं स्यात्
dravyopadeśād vā guṇābhidhānaṃ syāt
The line
Because of a compound: a substance, and teaching or, a compound: a quality, and a naming, it would be, let it be granted.
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: dravya-upadeśāt (द्रव्य-उपदेशात्) + vā (वा) + guṇa-abhidhānaṃ (गुण-अभिधानं) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| dravya-upadeśāt (द्रव्य-उपदेशात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a substance, and teaching. Read it from the end |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| guṇa-abhidhānaṃ (गुण-अभिधानं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: a quality, and a naming. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
dravya-upadeśāt (द्रव्य-उपदेशात्) is a compound: a substance, and teaching. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it dravyopadeśād (द्रव्योपदेशाद्). vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
guṇa-abhidhānaṃ (गुण-अभिधानं) is a compound: a quality, and a naming. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
dravya-upadeśāt (द्रव्य-उपदेशात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it dravyopadeśād (द्रव्योपदेशाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss dravya-upadeśāt (द्रव्य-उपदेशात्) and guṇa-abhidhānaṃ (गुण-अभिधानं).