9.2.39
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 9 / 9.2.39
अधिकञ् च विवर्णञ् च जैमिनिः स्तोभशब्दत्वात्
adhikañ ca vivarṇañ ca jaiminiḥ stobhaśabdatvāt
The line
adhikañ (अधिकञ्) and, vivarṇañ (विवर्णञ्) and, Jaimini, a compound: stobha (स्तोभ), a word, and tvāta (त्वात).
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: adhikañ (अधिकञ्) + ca (च) + vivarṇañ (विवर्णञ्) + ca (च) + jaiminiḥ (जैमिनिः) + stobha-śabda-tvāta (स्तोभ-शब्द-त्वात)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| adhikañ (अधिकञ्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| vivarṇañ (विवर्णञ्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| jaiminiḥ (जैमिनिः) | nominative singular, masculine | Jaimini |
| stobha-śabda-tvāta (स्तोभ-शब्द-त्वात) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: stobha (स्तोभ), a word, and tvāta (त्वात). Read it from the end |
The phrases
adhikañ (अधिकञ्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. vivarṇañ (विवर्णञ्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. jaiminiḥ (जैमिनिः) is Jaimini. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. stobha-śabda-tvāta (स्तोभ-शब्द-त्वात) is a compound: stobha (स्तोभ), a word, and tvāta (त्वात). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
Sanskrit in this line
stobha-śabda-tvāta (स्तोभ-शब्द-त्वात) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss adhikañ (अधिकञ्) and vivarṇañ (विवर्णञ्).