9.3.29
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 9 / 9.3.29
एकधेत्येकसंयोगादभ्यासेनाभिधानं स्यात्
ekadhety ekasaṃyogād abhyāsenābhidhānaṃ syāt
The line
ekadhety (एकधेत्य्), because of a compound: one, and conjunction, abhyāsenābhidhāna (अभ्यासेनाभिधान), 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: ekadhety (एकधेत्य्) + eka-saṃyogāt (एक-संयोगात्) + abhyāsenābhidhānaṃ (अभ्यासेनाभिधानं) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ekadhety (एकधेत्य्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| eka-saṃyogāt (एक-संयोगात्) | ablative singular | a compound: one, and conjunction. Read it from the end |
| abhyāsenābhidhānaṃ (अभ्यासेनाभिधानं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | abhyāsenābhidhāna (अभ्यासेनाभिधान) |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
ekadhety (एकधेत्य्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. eka-saṃyogāt (एक-संयोगात्) is a compound: one, and conjunction. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it ekasaṃyogād (एकसंयोगाद्).
abhyāsenābhidhānaṃ (अभ्यासेनाभिधानं) is abhyāsenābhidhāna (अभ्यासेनाभिधान). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or 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
abhyāsenābhidhānaṃ (अभ्यासेनाभिधानं) is accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it ekasaṃyogād (एकसंयोगाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ekadhety (एकधेत्य्) and eka-saṃyogāt (एक-संयोगात्).
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