Sutra 27
Devanagari script
कथमेतदिति पृच्छा ॥ कZ_०२.१०.२७ ॥
Transliteration
katham etad iti pṛcchā
Translation
“Inquiry” (pṛcchā) is: “How is this so?”
Word by Word
कथम्how?
कथम्:
TypeInterrogative (Adverbial)
Rootकिम्
Formप्रश्नार्थक-अव्ययम्; manner/‘how?’
एतत्this (matter/point)
एतत्:
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
Formसर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिकम्; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (contextually ‘this’ as object of inquiry)
इतिthus; ‘(saying) …’
इति:
TypeParticle/Quotative
Rootइति
Formउक्त्यर्थक-अव्ययम्; quotation/closure marker (‘thus’)
पृच्छाa question; the act of asking
पृच्छा:
TypeNoun (Action noun)
Rootप्रच्छ्
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा; भाववाचक-संज्ञा (‘asking/questioning’)
FAQs
Routine questioning is formalized; oversight begins with structured requests for explanation.