9.1.26
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 9 / 9.1.26
अग्निधर्मः प्रतीष्टकं संघातात् पौर्णमासीवत्
agnidharmaḥ pratīṣṭakaṃ saṃghātāt paurṇamāsīvat
The line
A compound: fire, and dharma, a property, pratīṣṭaka (प्रतीष्टक), because of saṃghāta (संघात), paurṇamāsīvat (पौर्णमासीवत्).
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 9. Ūha (ऊह): adapting mantras and details when they are transferred. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: agni-dharmaḥ (अग्नि-धर्मः) + pratīṣṭakaṃ (प्रतीष्टकं) + saṃghātāt (संघातात्) + paurṇamāsīvat (पौर्णमासीवत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| agni-dharmaḥ (अग्नि-धर्मः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: fire, and dharma, a property. Read it from the end |
| pratīṣṭakaṃ (प्रतीष्टकं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | pratīṣṭaka (प्रतीष्टक) |
| saṃghātāt (संघातात्) | ablative singular | saṃghāta (संघात) |
| paurṇamāsīvat (पौर्णमासीवत्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
The phrases
agni-dharmaḥ (अग्नि-धर्मः) is a compound: fire, and dharma, a property. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. pratīṣṭakaṃ (प्रतीष्टकं) is pratīṣṭaka (प्रतीष्टक). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
saṃghātāt (संघातात्) is saṃghāta (संघात). It stands as ablative singular. paurṇamāsīvat (पौर्णमासीवत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
Sanskrit in this line
paurṇamāsīvat (पौर्णमासीवत्) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss agni-dharmaḥ (अग्नि-धर्मः) and pratīṣṭakaṃ (प्रतीष्टकं).