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# Mimamsasutra 93.2

Śābarabhāṣya (Mīmāṃsāsūtrabhāṣya) 93.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [93.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra!sabara.93.2)

yavamayaś caruḥ; vārāhī upānahau; vaitase kaṭe prājāpatyān saṃcinotīti yavavarāhavetasaśabdān samāmananti. tatra kecid dīrghaśūkeṣu yavaśabdaṃ prayuñjante, kecit priyaṅguṣu. varāhaśabdaṃ kecit śūkare, kecit kṛṣṇaśakunau. vetasaśabdaṃ kecid vañjulake, kecij jambvām. tatrobhayathā padārthāvagamād vikalpaḥ.

> They recite \[in scripture\] the words 'barley' (yava), 'boar' (varāha), and 'cane' (vetasa) thus: 'A caru of barley', 'Two boar\[-skin\] shoes', and 'Upon a cane mat he piles the \[cups\] dedicated to Prajāpati'. There, some people apply the word 'yava' to long-awned grains (barley), while others apply it to panic seed (priyaṅgu). Some apply the word 'varāha' to a hog, others to a black bird. Some apply the word 'vetasa' to the cane (vañjula), others to the rose-apple (jambū). There, since the meaning of the word is comprehended in both ways, there is an option.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra!sabara~en-mt.93.2) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Mīmāṃsāsūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra.1.3.8) — Jaimini, Sanskrit

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