Sutra 37
Devanagari script
क्षेपणो गुणः क्षुद्रकमिति कर्माणि ॥ कZ_०२.१३.३७ ॥
Transliteration
kṣepaṇo guṇaḥ kṣudrakam iti karmāṇi
Translation
The (defective/deceptive) operations are termed: “kṣepaṇa”, “guṇa”, and “kṣudraka”.
Word by Word
क्षेपणःone who casts/throws; (here) a disparager/one who makes a taunting imputation
क्षेपणः:
TypeNoun (agent noun)
Rootक्षिप् (क्षेपणे)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन; कर्तरि ‘ल्युट्/अन’ (क्षेपण) इत्यर्थे कर्तृवाचक-प्रातिपदिकम्; विशेष्य-रूपेण
गुणःa merit, good quality
गुणः:
TypeNoun
Rootगुण
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन; विधेय (predicate nominative)
क्षुद्रकम्‘petty/mean (thing)’ (as a quoted label)
क्षुद्रकम्:
TypeNoun/Adjective (used substantively)
Rootक्षुद्रक
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचन; ‘इति’ इत्यस्य पूर्वं उद्धृत-शब्दरूपेण (quoted term)
इतिthus; ‘so called’ (marking the quoted expression)
इति:
TypeParticle/Quotative
Rootइति
Formअव्यय; वाक्य-समाप्ति/उद्धरण-चिह्न
कर्माणिacts, actions (categories of acts)
कर्माणि:
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन्
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-बहुवचन; समाहार/वर्गीकरणार्थं (these are acts/categories of acts)
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