Sutra 41

Devanagari script

अजावीनां षण्मासिकीमूर्णां ग्राहयेत् ॥ कZ_०२.२९.४१ ॥

Transliteration

ajāvīnāṃ ṣaṇmāsikīm ūrṇāṃ grāhayet

Translation

Des chèvres et des moutons, on prélèvera la laine selon un cycle de six mois.

Word by Word

• अजावीनाम्: of goats and sheep
• Type: Noun
• Root: अजा + अवि
• Form: षष्ठी-बहुवचनम् (genitive plural); द्वन्द्वसमासः; समाहारार्थे/इतरेतरयोगे ‘अजाः च अवयः च’

• षण्मासिकीम्: six-monthly (for a period of six months)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षण्मासिक
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचनम्; ‘षण्मास’ (six months) + ‘-इक’ (periodic/relating to) → ‘six-monthly’

• ऊर्णाम्: wool
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊर्णा
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचनम्

• ग्राहयेत्: should cause to be collected / should have collected
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (ग्रहण)
• Form: कारणि (णिच्) प्रयोगः: ग्राहयति; विधिलिङ्, परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; अर्थः—‘ग्रहणं कारयेत्’

Entities Mentioned

• goats
• sheep
• wool

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FAQs

Why specify a six-month cycle for wool collection?

To standardize output measurement, prevent arbitrary exactions, and stabilize state receipts in kind.