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# Mimamsasutra 9.3

Mīmāṃsāsūtra 9.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [9.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra.9.3.1)

prakṛtau yathotpattivacanam arthānāṃ tathottarasyāṃ tatau tatprakṛtitvātvād arthe cākāryatvāt /

### [9.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra.9.3.2)

liṅgadarśanāc ca /

### [9.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra.9.3.3)

jātinaimittikaṃ yathāsthānam /

### [9.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra.9.3.4)

avikāram eke 'nārṣatvāt /

### [9.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra.9.3.5)

liṅgadakśanāc ca /

### [9.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra.9.3.6)

nikāro vātaduktahetuḥ /

### [9.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra.9.3.7)

liṅgaṃ mantracikīrṣārtham /

### [9.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra.9.3.8)

niyamo vobhayabhāgitvāt /

### [9.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra.9.3.9)

laukike doṣasaṃyogād apavṛkte hi codyate nimittena prakṛtau syād abhāgitvāt /

### [9.3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra.9.3.10)

anyāyas tv avikāreṇā draṣṭapratighātitvād aviśeṣāc ca tenāsya /

### [9.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra.9.3.11)

vikāro vā tadarthatvāt /

### [9.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra.9.3.12)

api tv anyāyasambandhāt prakṛtivat pareṣv api yathārthaṃ syāt /

### [9.3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra.9.3.13)

yathārthaṃ tv anyāyasyācoditatvāt /

### [9.3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra.9.3.14)

chandasi tu yathādṛṣṭam /

### [9.3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra.9.3.15)

vipratipattau vikalpaḥ syāt tatsatvād guṇe tv anyāyakalpanaikadeśatvāt /

### [9.3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra.9.3.16)

prakaraṇaviśeṣāc ca /

### [9.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra.9.3.17)

arthābhāvāt tu naivaṃ syād guṇamātram itarat /

### [9.3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra.9.3.18)

dyāvos tatheti cet /

### [9.3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra.9.3.19)

notpattiśabdatvāt /

### [9.3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra.9.3.20)

apūrve tv avikāro 'pradeśāt pratīyeta /

### [9.3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra.9.3.21)

vikṛtau cāpi tadvacanāt /

### [9.3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra.9.3.22)

adhriguḥ savanīyeṣu tadvat samānavidhānāś cet /

### [9.3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra.9.3.23)

pratinidhau cāvikārāt /

### [9.3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra.9.3.24)

anāmnānād aśabdatvam abhāvāc cetarasya syāt /

### [9.3.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra.9.3.25)

tādarthyād vā tadākhyaṃ syāt saṃskārair aviśiṣṭatvāt /

### [9.3.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra.9.3.26)

uktañ ca tattvam asya /

### [9.3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra.9.3.27)

saṃsargiṣu cārthasyāsthitaparimāṇatvāt /

### [9.3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra.9.3.28)

liṅgadarśanāc ca /

### [9.3.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra.9.3.29)

ekadhety ekasaṃyogād abhyāsenābhidhānaṃ syāt /

### [9.3.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra.9.3.30)

avikāro vā bahūnām ekakarmavat /

### [9.3.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra.9.3.31)

sakṛttvaṃ caikadhyaṃ syād ekatvāt tvaco 'nabhipretaṃ tatprakṛtitvāt pareṣv abhyāsena vivṛddhāv abhidhānāṃ syāt /

### [9.3.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra.9.3.32)

medhapatitvaṃ svāmidevatasya samavāyāt sarvatra ca prayuktatvāt tasyācānyāyanigadatvāt sarvatraivāvikāraḥ syāt /

### [9.3.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra.9.3.33)

api vā dvisamavāyo 'rthānyatve yathāsaṃkhyaṃ prayogaḥ syāt /

### [9.3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra.9.3.34)

svāmino vaikaśabdyād utkarṣo devatāyāṃ syāt patnyāṃ dvitīyaśabdaḥ syāt /

### [9.3.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra.9.3.35)

devatā tu tadāśīṣṭvāt samprāptatvāt svāminy anarthikā syāt /

### [9.3.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra.9.3.36)

utsargāc ca bhaktyā tasmin patitvaṃ syāt /

### [9.3.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra.9.3.37)

utkṛṣyetaikasaṃyukto dvidevate sambhavāt /

### [9.3.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra.9.3.38)

ekas tu samavāyāt tasya tallakṣaṇatvāt /

### [9.3.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra.9.3.39)

saṃsargitvāc ca tasmāt tena vikalpaḥ syāt /

### [9.3.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra.9.3.40)

ekatvepi guṇānapāyāt /

### [9.3.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra.9.3.41)

niyamo bahudevate vikāraḥ syāt /

### [9.3.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra.9.3.42)

vikalpo vā prakṛtivat /

### [9.3.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra.9.3.43)

arthāntare vikāraḥ syād devatāpṛthaktvād ekābhisamavāyāt syāt /

## Commentaries (1)

- [Jaiminīyanyāyamālā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra!nyayamala.43.1.1) — Mādhava, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (2)

- [Adhikaraṇaratnamālā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.adhikaranaratnamala.69.3) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- [Mīmāṃsābālaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.bhatta.mimamsabalaprakasa.2.30.p1.9) — Śaṅkara Miśra 1568, Sanskrit

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