Sutra 11

Devanagari script

चतुर्दशाङ्गुलं शमः शलः परीरयः पदं च ॥ कZ_०२.२०.११ ॥

Transliteration

caturdaśāṅgulaṃ śamaḥ śalaḥ parīrayaḥ padaṃ ca

Translation

Quatorze aṅgulas constituent la mesure appelée śama—également dite śala ou parīraya—et, de même, elle sert de mesure de «pada» (longueur d’un pied).

Word by Word

• चतुर्दशाङ्गुलम्: (of) fourteen finger-breadths (a fixed measure)
• Type: Noun (measure phrase)
• Root: चतुर्दश + अङ्गुल
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (प्रमाणवाचकं विशेषणम्)

• शमः: ‘śama’—a named measuring rod/standard (technical term)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा

• शलः: ‘śala’—a named measuring rod/standard (technical term)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शल्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा

• परीरयः: ‘parīraya’—a named measuring rod/standard (technical term)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परीरय
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा

• पदम्: ‘pada’—a unit/standard of measure
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा

• च: and
• Type: Particle
• Root: च
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थकः

Entities Mentioned

• aṅgula
• śama
• śala
• parīraya
• pada

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FAQs

Why list multiple names (śama/śala/parīraya) for one measure?

To unify regional or professional vocabularies so contracts, audits, and orders remain consistent across the kingdom.