Arthashastra 3.16.19: Dharmasthiya, Adhyaya 16, Sutra 19
Devanagari script
तच्च द्रव्यं राजधर्म्यं स्यात् ॥ कZ_०३.१६.१९ ॥
Transliteration
tacca dravyaṃ rājadharmyaṃ syāt
Translation
यह माल राजा के कानून के हिसाब से सरकार का हो जाएगा। राजा इसपे अपना हक जता सकता है।
Word by Word
तत्that (aforementioned)
तत्:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formसर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन (कर्तृपद)
चand
च:
TypeParticle
Rootच
Formसमुच्चयार्थक अव्यय
द्रव्यम्property; wealth; asset
द्रव्यम्:
TypeNoun
Rootद्रव्य
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; अत्र प्रथमा एकवचन (कर्तृपद)
राजधर्म्यम्pertaining to the king’s law; state-legal
राजधर्म्यम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootराजधर्म्य
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; द्रव्यम् इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्; अर्थः ‘राजधर्मसम्बन्धि/राजधर्मानुगुण’
स्यात्should be; would be
स्यात्:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
Formलिङ् (विधिलिङ्); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन
Entities Mentioned
R
rājā (king/state)D
dravya (property)FAQs
A legal category where property, failing valid private title/claim, is absorbed into the state’s lawful domain—functionally an escheat rule.
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