Sutra 30
Devanagari script
पक्षकक्षोरस्यानामेकीभावे मण्डलः ॥ कZ_१०.६.३० ॥
Transliteration
pakṣakakṣorasyānām ekībhāve maṇḍalaḥ
Translation
When the wings (flanks), the «kakṣa» (side divisions), and the «urasya» (central/chest division) are made into a single unified body, it is a «Maṇḍala» (circular) formation.
Word by Word
पक्षकक्षोरस्यानाम्of the flanks, the armpits/side-positions, and the chest/front
पक्षकक्षोरस्यानाम्:
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootपक्ष / कक्ष / उरस्
Formषष्ठी-बहुवचनम् (genitive plural) of the compound: पक्ष-कक्ष-उरस् (collective dvandva), with final member उरस्; overall meaning ‘of the flanks, armpits, and chest’
एकीभावेin (the state of) unification / when they become one
एकीभावे:
TypeNoun (verbal noun/abstract)
Rootएकी-भू
Formसप्तमी-एकवचनम् (locative singular) of एकीभाव ‘becoming one, unification’ (from the verbal base एकी-भू)
मण्डलःa circle; a ring; a circular formation
मण्डलः:
TypeNoun
Rootमण्डल
Formप्रथमा-एकवचनम् (nominative singular), masculine
Entities Mentioned
P
Pakṣa (wings)K
Kakṣa (side divisions)U
Urasya (center)M
Maṇḍala (vyūha)FAQs
Cohesion: flanks and center act as one continuous body, reducing exploitable seams and enabling all-round response.