Sutra 38

Devanagari script

संज्ञाप्रतिकारो नारोष्ट्रेति ॥ कZ_०२.३०.३८ ॥

Transliteration

saṃjñāpratikāro nāroṣṭreti

Translation

‘નારોષ્ટ્ર’ એક પારિભાષિક સંજ્ઞા છે (રૂઢિ/પ્રચલનથી નિર્ધારિત શબ્દ).

Word by Word

• संज्ञा: a sign/recognition mark; agreed signal
• Type: Noun
• Root: √ज्ञा (jñā)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन (वाक्ये विषय/उद्देश्यरूपेण)

• प्रतिकारः: counteraction; remedy; retaliation
• Type: Noun
• Root: √कृ (kṛ) उपसर्गः प्रति- (प्रति+कार)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; ‘प्रतिकार’ = प्रतिविधान/प्रतिउपाय/प्रतिशोध

• न: not
• Type: Particle
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय

• अरोष्ट्रे: in the absence of roṣṭra; where roṣṭra is not present
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरोष्ट्र (a-roṣṭra)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी एकवचन; ‘अ-’ नञ्-प्रत्ययः + ‘रोष्ट्र’

• इति: thus (end-quotative)
• Type: Particle
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक अव्यय

Entities Mentioned

• stable administration
• trainers

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