Sutra 17

Devanagari script

न प्रातिभाव्यमन्यत् ॥ कZ_०३.११.१५ ॥

Transliteration

na prātibhāvyam anyat

Translation

No other kind of suretyship is recognized/allowed.

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Particle (Negation)
• Root: न
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्ययम् (negation particle)

• प्रातिभाव्यम्: (is) to be guaranteed / to be stood surety for
• Type: Verbal derivative (Gerundive / Potential passive participle)
• Root: प्रति√भू (भू)
• Form: कृदन्त-विशेषणम्; तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive: ‘to be done/undertaken’); नपुंसकलिङ्गे एकवचनम् प्रथमा/द्वितीया (contextually: ‘(is) to be stood surety for / to be guaranteed’)

• अन्यत्: anything else / other (thing)
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective (Indefinite/Other)
• Root: अन्य
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे एकवचनम् प्रथमा/द्वितीया; ‘other/anything else’

Entities Mentioned

• surety (pratibhu) system

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What is the administrative purpose of limiting surety types?

To reduce ambiguity and litigation by restricting enforcement to recognized guarantee categories, improving predictability for courts and markets.