Sutra 30

Devanagari script

मुद्गमाषाणामर्धपादोना ॥ कZ_०२.१५.३० ॥

Transliteration

mudga-māṣāṇām ardha-pād-onā

Translation

মুগ আৰু মাষ (উড়দ/ক’লা দালি)ৰ বাবে (মানক উৎপাদন/ইস্যু) এক-অষ্টমাংশ কম।

Word by Word

• मुद्ग-माषाणाम्: of (the) mudga and māṣa pulses (green gram and black gram)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुद्ग; माष
• Form: षष्ठी-बहुवचनम् (genitive plural) of the dvandva compound ‘मुद्ग-माष’ (two items: mudga and māṣa)

• अर्धपादोनः: (is) less by half a pāda
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्ध; पाद; ऊन
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचनम् पुंलिङ्गः; adjective qualifying an implied masculine noun (e.g., ‘(मानम्/प्रमाणम्)’) meaning ‘less by half a pāda’

Entities Mentioned

• mung (mudga)
• black gram (māṣa)

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FAQs

What is the governance logic behind listing different loss rates for different pulses?

It operationalizes ‘fair issue’ and ‘auditability’ by tying each commodity to a pre-declared conversion factor, reducing discretion and corruption.