9.2.21
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 9 / 9.2.21
तदभ्यासः समासु स्यात्
tadabhyāsaḥ samāsu syāt
The line
tadabhyāsa (तदभ्यास), samāsu (समासु), it would be, let it be granted.
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: tadabhyāsaḥ (तदभ्यासः) + samāsu (समासु) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tadabhyāsaḥ (तदभ्यासः) | nominative singular, masculine | tadabhyāsa (तदभ्यास) |
| samāsu (समासु) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
tadabhyāsaḥ (तदभ्यासः) is tadabhyāsa (तदभ्यास). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. samāsu (समासु) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
tadabhyāsaḥ (तदभ्यासः) is nominative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tadabhyāsaḥ (तदभ्यासः) and samāsu (समासु).
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