Sutra 94

Devanagari script

नलतूला नलतूलवर्णा ॥ कZ_०२.११.९४ ॥

Transliteration

nalatūlā nalatūlavarṇā

Translation

Nalatūlā est de la couleur caractéristique de nalatūlā (c’est-à-dire la teinte ‘nalatūlā’ standard).

Word by Word

• नलतूला: reed-fibre / fibre from reeds (a material)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नल + तूला
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन (नाम); समासः—नलस्य तूला (नल-तूला)

• नलतूलवर्णा: having the colour/appearance of reed-fibre
• Type: Adjective (Noun used adjectivally)
• Root: नलतूल + वर्ण
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; समासः—नलतूलस्य वर्णः यस्याः सा (नलतूल-वर्णा)

Entities Mentioned

• nalatūlā leather

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FAQs

How can a standard be ‘the color of itself’ in administrative terms?

It presumes a commonly recognized exemplar in commerce/workshops; the category name itself encodes the accepted look, used as a conventional benchmark by inspectors.