Sutra 15

Devanagari script

तदेव हतोद्बद्धस्य परीक्षेत ॥ कZ_०४.७.१५ ॥

Transliteration

tadeva hatodbaddhasya parīkṣeta

Translation

In the same manner, he should investigate the case of one who has been killed after being hanged (i.e., a staged hanging or death connected with hanging).

Word by Word

• तत्: that (very thing / that case)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (सन्दर्भे कर्म/विषय-निर्देशः)

• एव: indeed; only; just
• Type: Particle
• Root: एव
• Form: निपात; अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (emphatic/only)

• हत-उद्बद्धस्य: of one who is killed or bound up (i.e., of the slain or the restrained/strung-up person)
• Type: Adjectival compound (genitive dependent)
• Root: √हन् (हत) + √बन्ध् (उद्बद्ध)
• Form: समासः: हत (कृदन्त-भूतकर्मणि, past passive participle) + उद्बद्ध (कृदन्त-भूतकर्मणि, 'bound up/fastened/strung up'); समस्तपदम् विशेषणरूपेण; षष्ठी-एकवचन (पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग—सन्दर्भानुसारं, 'of the ...')

• परीक्षेत: should examine / should investigate
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-√ईक्ष्
• Form: लोट् (विधिलिङ्/आज्ञार्थे—injunctive/optative sense in sutra style); परस्मैपदम्; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; धातुः: परि-ईक्ष् ‘to examine/investigate’

Entities Mentioned

• investigating authority (royal officer/judge)
• deceased

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FAQs

What administrative principle is implied by 'tadeva' (the same)?

Kauṭilya signals procedural standardization: once an investigative method is prescribed, apply it consistently across analogous suspicious-death scenarios.