Sutra 51
Devanagari script
अवलेप्यानां यावदुत्पाटितं तावदुत्पाट्यानुमानं कुर्यात् ॥ कZ_०२.१४.५१ ॥
Transliteration
avalepyānāṃ yāvad utpāṭitaṃ tāvad utpāṭyānumānaṃ kuryāt
Translation
For coated or plated articles, one should estimate the loss according to how much of the coating has been stripped off.
Word by Word
अवलेप्यानाम्of the plasterable/coating materials (items meant to be applied as a coating)
अवलेप्यानाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootअवलेप्य (अव-√लिप्)
Formषष्ठी-बहुवचनम्; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (प्रायः पुं.); अवलेप्य-शब्दः (कृदन्त-आधारित संज्ञा)
यावत्as much as; to the extent that
यावत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयावत्
Formअव्ययम्; परिमाण/अवधि-निर्देशक (correlative with तावत्)
उत्पाटितम्that which has been uprooted/removed (the amount removed)
उत्पाटितम्:
TypeVerb
Rootउत्-√पाट्
Formकृदन्तम् (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त); नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचनम्; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः—“(यत्) उत्पाटितम्” = “(that which is) uprooted/removed”
तावत्so much; to that extent
तावत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतावत्
Formअव्ययम्; परिमाण-निर्देशक (correlative with यावत्)
उत्पाट्यhaving uprooted/removed (after removing)
उत्पाट्य:
TypeVerb
Rootउत्-√पाट्
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्ययम् (absolutive/gerund); “having uprooted/removed”
अनुमानम्inference/estimation
अनुमानम्:
TypeNoun
Rootअनुमान
Formद्वितीया-एकवचनम्; नपुंसकलिङ्गम्
कुर्यात्should make/do
कुर्यात्:
TypeVerb
Root√कृ
Formविधिलिङ् (optative); परस्मैपदम्; प्रथमपुरुष-एकवचनम्; “he should do/make”
Entities Mentioned
C
coated/plated goods (avalepya)FAQs
Quantify loss using observable physical evidence (area/extent of removed layer) rather than subjective judgment.