Sutra 11
Devanagari script
दशरात्रादूर्ध्वं किशोरस्य घृतचतुर्भागः सक्तुकुडुबः क्षीरप्रस्थश्चाहार आषण्मासात् ॥ कZ_०२.३०.११ ॥
Transliteration
daśa-rātrād ūrdhvaṃ kiśorasya ghṛta-catur-bhāgaḥ saktu-kuḍubaḥ kṣīra-prasthaś cāhāra āṣaṇ-māsāt
Translation
দশ রাতের পর, কিশোর ঘোড়ার খাদ্য হবে: ঘির এক-চতুর্থাংশ, সত্তুর এক কুডুব এবং দুধের এক প্রস্থ—ছয় মাস বয়স পর্যন্ত।
Word by Word
दशरात्रात्after ten nights (i.e., after the tenth night)
दशरात्रात्:
TypeNoun
Rootदशरात्र
Formपुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी-एकवचन; अपादान/काल-आरम्भ (ablative of time: 'after')
ऊर्ध्वम्thereafter; after that
ऊर्ध्वम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootऊर्ध्व
Formअव्यय; अर्थे 'परम्/अनन्तरम्' (in the sense of 'after/above')
किशोरस्यof a juvenile/young boy
किशोरस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootकिशोर
Formपुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive: 'of a young boy/juvenile')
घृतचतुर्भागःa quarter-portion of ghee
घृतचतुर्भागः:
TypeNoun
Rootघृत + चतुर्भाग
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन; आहार-द्रव्य-परिमाण (nominative as item in a list)
सक्तुकुडुबःone kuḍuba-measure of parched grain/flour (saktu)
सक्तुकुडुबः:
TypeNoun
Rootसक्तु + कुडुब
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन; आहार-द्रव्य-परिमाण (nominative as item in a list)
क्षीरप्रस्थःone prastha-measure of milk
क्षीरप्रस्थः:
TypeNoun
Rootक्षीर + प्रस्थ
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन; आहार-द्रव्य-परिमाण (nominative as item in a list)
चand
च:
TypeParticle
Rootच
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय (copulative 'and')
आहारः(this) is the diet/ration
आहारः:
TypeNoun
Rootआहार
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन; विधेय (predicate nominative: 'is the diet/ration')
आषण्मासात्up to (the completion of) six months
आषण्मासात्:
TypeIndeclinable (Taddhita/Avyaya)
Rootआ + षण्मास
Formअव्ययीभावार्थे (temporal adverb); अर्थः 'आ षण्मासम्/षण्मासपर्यन्तम्' = up to six months
Entities Mentioned
K
kiśora (young horse)G
gheeS
saktuM
milkFAQs
By standardizing juvenile nutrition, it improves survival and quality of future cavalry mounts, turning breeding into a predictable state pipeline.
Procurement forecasting, storehouse issue control, and audit of handlers for diversion or underfeeding.