2.2.10
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.2.10
महद्दीर्घवद् वा ह्रस्वपरिमण्डलाभ्याम्
mahaddīrghavad vā hrasvaparimaṇḍalābhyām
The line
mahaddīrghavad (महद्दीर्घवद्) or, by means of hrasvaparimaṇḍala (ह्रस्वपरिमण्डल).
Where it sits
In Brahma Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 2. Avirodha. The teaching does not collide with reasoning, or with the other systems, in the way an objector claims. The line is short. vipratiṣedhāt (विप्रतिषेधात्) from 2.2.9 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: mahaddīrghavad (महद्दीर्घवद्) + vā (वा) + hrasvaparimaṇḍalābhyām (ह्रस्वपरिमण्डलाभ्याम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| mahaddīrghavad (महद्दीर्घवद्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| hrasvaparimaṇḍalābhyām (ह्रस्वपरिमण्डलाभ्याम्) | instrumental, dative, or ablative dual | hrasvaparimaṇḍala (ह्रस्वपरिमण्डल) |
The phrases
mahaddīrghavad (महद्दीर्घवद्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
hrasvaparimaṇḍalābhyām (ह्रस्वपरिमण्डलाभ्याम्) is hrasvaparimaṇḍala (ह्रस्वपरिमण्डल). It stands as instrumental, dative, or ablative dual.
Sanskrit in this line
hrasvaparimaṇḍalābhyām (ह्रस्वपरिमण्डलाभ्याम्) is instrumental, dative, or ablative dual. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss mahaddīrghavad (महद्दीर्घवद्) and hrasvaparimaṇḍalābhyām (ह्रस्वपरिमण्डलाभ्याम्).