Sutra 98

Devanagari script

कम्बलः कौचपकः कुलमितिका सौमितिका तुरगास्तरणं वर्णकं तलिच्छकं वारवाणः परिस्तोमः समन्तभद्रकं चाविकम् ॥ कZ_०२.११.९८ ॥

Transliteration

kambalaḥ kaucapakaḥ kulamitikā saumitikā turagāstaraṇaṃ varṇakaṃ talicchakaṃ vāravāṇaḥ paristomaḥ samantabhadrakaṃ cāvikam

Translation

Woollen goods include: kambala, kaucapaka, kulamitikā, saumitikā, horse-covering (turagāstaraṇa), varṇaka, talicchaka, vāravāṇa, paristoma, and samantabhadraka—these being woollen varieties.

Word by Word

कम्बलःblanket; woollen covering

कौचपकःa ‘kaucapaka’ covering/cloth (a specific type, associated with kaucapa material)

कुलमितिका‘kulamitikā’ (a specific kind of cloth/covering)

सौमितिका‘saumitīkā’ (a specific kind of cloth/covering)

तुरगास्तरणम्horse-cover; horse-blanket/saddle-cloth (lit. ‘covering for a horse’)

वर्णकम्a dyed/coloured cloth; coloured covering

तलिच्छकम्‘talicchaka’ (a specific kind of cloth/covering)

वारवाणः‘vāravāṇa’ (a specific kind of covering/cloth)

परिस्तोमःa spread/covering; a kind of bedspread or covering cloth

समन्तभद्रकम्‘samantabhadraka’ (a specific kind of cloth/covering; lit. ‘good/auspicious on all sides’)

चand

आविकम्sheep-woollen; a woollen cloth/covering

Entities Mentioned

cavalry/horse units (implied)

state stores (implied)

textile merchants (implied)

FAQs

What administrative function do these ‘name-lists’ serve?

They act as an official catalog so contracts, warehouse entries, and price schedules refer to standardized product names.

Which item signals a military/logistics angle?

Turagāstaraṇa (horse-covering), relevant to cavalry equipment and state stables.