Sutra 22

Devanagari script

अब्दे द्व्यर्धे नदीजानां पञ्चाब्दे पर्वतौकसाम् ॥ कZ_०२.३२.२२च्द् ॥

Transliteration

abde dvyardhe nadījānāṃ pañcābde parvataukasām

Translation

নদীজাত (ষ্টক) ৰ বাবে সময়কাল ডেৰ বছৰ; পৰ্বতবাসী (ষ্টক) ৰ বাবে পাঁচ বছৰ।

Word by Word

• अब्दे: in a year / after one year
• Type: Noun
• Root: अब्द
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-एकवचन (अब्दे = in/at the end of a year)

• द्व्यर्धे: in one and a half (years)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्व्यर्ध
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (अर्धम्); सप्तमी-एकवचन; द्वि + अर्ध = द्व्यर्ध (two halves = 1.5)

• नदीजानाम्: of those produced in/from rivers (river-born)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदीज
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-बहुवचन; नदी + ज (born in/produced by a river)

• पञ्चाब्दे: in five years
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चाब्द
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-एकवचन; पञ्च + अब्द = five years (locative)

• पर्वतौकसाम्: of mountain-dwellers / of those dwelling in mountains
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वतौकस्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-बहुवचन; पर्वत + ओकस् (dwelling) = mountain-dwellers

Entities Mentioned

• nadīja (river-bred stock)
• parvataokas (mountain stock)

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FAQs

What administrative practice is implied by different time periods for different origins?

Lifecycle-based planning: categorize assets by durability and schedule replacement/rotation accordingly to minimize failure in service.

What is the governance intent behind such classification?

To align deployment and maintenance budgets with expected endurance, preventing overuse of short-lived stock and leveraging hardier stock for longer cycles.