Sutra 13

Devanagari script

सर्ववास्तुकयोः प्राक्षिप्तकयोर्वा शालयोः किष्कुरन्तरिका त्रिपदी वा ॥ कZ_०३.८.१३ ॥

Transliteration

sarvavāstukayoḥ prākṣiptakayor vā śālayoḥ kiṣkurantarikā tripadī vā

Translation

सर्ववास्तुक (चारों ओर स्थित) या प्राक्षिप्तक (संलग्न/अंतःस्थापित) शालाओं के बीच एक किष्कु या तीन पद का अंतर निर्धारित है।

Word by Word

• सर्ववास्तुकयोः: of the two ‘complete house-sites’ (i.e., in the case of two complete plots)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + वास्तुक
• Form: षष्ठी-द्विवचनम् (Genitive Dual); समासः—सर्ववास्तुक = सर्वं वास्तुकं यस्य/यत्र (all-inclusive plot/house-site)

• प्राक्षिप्तकयोः: of the two previously laid-out (ones)
• Type: Noun (adjectival)
• Root: प्र + आ + √क्षिप् (क्षेपणे) → प्राक्षिप्तक
• Form: षष्ठी-द्विवचनम् (Genitive Dual); प्राक्षिप्तक = पूर्वं प्रक्षिप्त/निक्षिप्त (previously set/laid out)

• वा: or
• Type: Particle
• Root: वा
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्ययम् (disjunctive ‘or’)

• शालयोः: of the two houses/buildings
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाला
• Form: षष्ठी-द्विवचनम् (Genitive Dual)

• किष्कु-अन्तरिका: a one-kiṣku interval (gap)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किष्कु + अन्तरिका
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचनम् (Nominative Singular); समासः—किष्क्वन्तरिका = किष्कोः अन्तरं (a gap/space of one kiṣku)

• त्रिपदी: or (a gap of) three paces
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि + पद
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचनम् (Nominative Singular); त्रिपदी = त्रयः पदाः (three paces/steps)

• वा: or
• Type: Particle
• Root: वा
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्ययम्

Entities Mentioned

• śālā (granary/barn/warehouse)
• builder/owner

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FAQs

Why mandate spacing between storage buildings like śālās?

To function as a firebreak and reduce contagion of damage (fire, pests, collapse), protecting both private assets and neighborhood security.