Shloka 42
Adhyaya 49 — Primordial Human Creation, the Rise of Desire, and the Origins of Settlements, Measures, and Agriculture
पुरञ्च खेṭकञ्चैव तद्वद् द्रोणीमुखं द्विज ।
शाखानगरकञ्चापि तथा कर्वटकेन्द्रमी ॥
puraṃ ca kheṭakaṃ caiva tadvad droṇīmukhaṃ dvija | śākhānagarakaṃ cāpi tathā karvaṭakaṃ drami ||
“(Man nennt) die pura (Stadt) und die kheṭaka (Marktflecken bzw. befestigte Siedlung), ebenso die droṇīmukha, o Zweimalgeborener; ferner die śākhānagaraka (Zweigstadt) und die karvaṭaka (kleine Ortschaft/Wegstation).”
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FAQs
Purāṇic instruction extends to how communities are structured; naming settlement-types implies roles, duties, and protections appropriate to each scale of habitation.
Sthiti-oriented material: social maintenance through administrative clarity (what constitutes a city vs. township, etc.).
Multiple settlement ‘tiers’ can be read as levels of organization in life—household, community, polity—each requiring appropriate boundaries and disciplines.