9.4.14
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 9 / 9.4.14
अनाम्नातवचनमवचनेन हि वङ्क्रीणां स्यान् निर्देशः
anāmnātavacanam avacanena hi vaṅkrīṇāṃ syān nirdeśaḥ
The line
A compound: anāmnāta (अनाम्नात), and a statement, by means of avacana (अवचन). Of vaṅkra (वङ्क्र), it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before n, a statement of what the rule is.
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: anāmnāta-vacanam (अनाम्नात-वचनम्) + avacanena (अवचनेन) + hi (हि) + vaṅkrīṇāṃ (वङ्क्रीणां) + syān (स्यान्) + nirdeśaḥ (निर्देशः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| anāmnāta-vacanam (अनाम्नात-वचनम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: anāmnāta (अनाम्नात), and a statement. Read it from the end |
| avacanena (अवचनेन) | instrumental singular | avacana (अवचन) |
| hi (हि) | indeclinable | for, indeed |
| vaṅkrīṇāṃ (वङ्क्रीणां) | genitive plural | vaṅkra (वङ्क्र) |
| syān (स्यान्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before n |
| nirdeśaḥ (निर्देशः) | nominative singular, masculine | a statement of what the rule is |
The phrases
anāmnāta-vacanam (अनाम्नात-वचनम्) is a compound: anāmnāta (अनाम्नात), and a statement. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. avacanena (अवचनेन) is avacana (अवचन). It stands as instrumental singular. hi (हि) is for, indeed. It stands as indeclinable.
vaṅkrīṇāṃ (वङ्क्रीणां) is vaṅkra (वङ्क्र). It stands as genitive plural. syān (स्यान्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before n. It stands as optative, third person singular. nirdeśaḥ (निर्देशः) is a statement of what the rule is. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
anāmnāta-vacanam (अनाम्नात-वचनम्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss anāmnāta-vacanam (अनाम्नात-वचनम्) and avacanena (अवचनेन).
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