Sutra 12

Devanagari script

शालिव्रीहिकोद्रवतिलप्रियङ्गूदारकवरकाः पूर्ववापाः ॥ कZ_०२.२४.१२ ॥

Transliteration

śālivrīhikodravatilapriyaṅgūdārakavarakāḥ pūrvavāpāḥ

Translation

Reis, vṛīhi (eine Reissorte), kodrava (eine Hirseart), Sesam, priyaṅgu (Panicum-Samen), dāraka und varaka sind zuerst auszusäen (als Satz der frühen Aussaat).

Word by Word

• शालि: śāli rice (paddy)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शालि
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन (सूची/समाहारार्थे)

• व्रीहि: vrīhi rice
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रीहि
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन (सूची/समाहारार्थे)

• कोद्रव: kodrava (a millet grain)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोद्रव
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन (सूची/समाहारार्थे)

• तिल: tila sesame
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिल
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन (सूची/समाहारार्थे)

• प्रियङ्गु: priyaṅgu (a grain/plant)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रियङ्गु
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन (सूची/समाहारार्थे)

• उदारक: udāraka (a grain variety)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदारक
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन (सूची/समाहारार्थे)

• वरक: varaka (a pulse/grain variety)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरक
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन (सूची/समाहारार्थे)

• पूर्ववापाः: early sowings (crops to be sown first / in the earlier season)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वप् (वपन/वाप)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन; ‘वाप’ = वपन/वपनकर्म/वपनकालः (sowing/seed-time)

Entities Mentioned

• state agricultural manager
• cultivators
• crop types (rice, millet, sesame, etc.)

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FAQs

What is the administrative intent of listing crops as pūrvavāpāḥ?

To standardize an official sowing sequence so the state can coordinate labor, irrigation scheduling, and expected yields/taxes by season.