Sutra 9

Devanagari script

तालीतालभूर्जानां पत्त्रम् ॥ कZ_०२.१७.०९ ॥

Transliteration

tālītālabhūrjānāṃ pattram

Translation

Leaves/sheets (for writing/packaging) are obtained from tālī, tāla, and bhūrja.

Word by Word

• तालीतालभूर्जानाम्: of tālī, tāla, and bhūrja (palm and birch materials)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ताली + ताल + भूर्ज
• Form: षष्ठी-बहुवचन (genitive plural) of the dvandva-compound ताली-ताल-भूर्ज (f./m. stems; compound treated as a unit); ‘of (the) tālī, tāla, and bhūrja (trees/materials)’

• पत्रम्: leaf; (writing) leaf/sheet
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्र
• Form: प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग (nominative/accusative singular neuter); here as the item being defined/mentioned: ‘leaf; leaf-sheet’

Entities Mentioned

• tālī
• tāla
• bhūrja
• pattram

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