Sutra 21

Devanagari script

प्रज्ञातः कूटरूपकारक इति प्रवास्येत ॥ कZ_०४.४.२१ ॥

Transliteration

prajñātaḥ kūṭarūpakāraka iti pravāsyeta

Translation

If identified as a maker of counterfeit coin-impressions (coin-die/mark forgery), he shall be banished.

Word by Word

• प्रज्ञातः: (when) ascertained/identified (as)
• Type: Participle (Verbal adjective)
• Root: ज्ञा
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; ‘प्र-√ज्ञा’ → प्रज्ञात ‘known/ascertained’

• कूट-रूप-कारकः: a maker of counterfeit forms/forgeries
• Type: Noun (agent noun from verb)
• Root: कृ
• Form: समास: कूटं रूपं (कूट-रूप) + कारक (√कृ + ण्वुल्/अक) ‘maker’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन

• इति: thus (as the charge/label)
• Type: Particle/Quotative
• Root: इति
• Form: निपात; इत्यर्थे—‘thus/as’ marking the designation/charge

• प्रवास्येत: should be exiled/banished
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस्
• Form: प्र-√वस् (to dwell) causative: प्रवासयति ‘to cause to live away/banish’; विधिलिङ्/आज्ञार्थे, परस्मैपद, 3rd person singular: ‘he should be banished/exiled’

Entities Mentioned

• counterfeiter
• state (banishment authority)

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FAQs

What is the prescribed state response once a coin-counterfeiter is conclusively identified?

Immediate expulsion/banishment, treating counterfeiting as a direct threat to fiscal order and public trust.