Arthashastra 3.7.20: Dharmasthiya, Adhyaya 7, Sutra 20
Devanagari script
ब्राह्मणक्षत्रिययोरनन्तरापुत्राः सवर्णाः एकान्तरा असवर्णाः ॥
Transliteration
brāhmaṇakṣatriyayor anantarāputrāḥ savarṇāḥ ekāntarā asavarṇāḥ
Translation
ब्राह्मण और क्षत्रिय के लिए, अगले नंबर की शादी से बेटा सेम जाति का माना जाता है। एक कदम पीछे की शादी से बेटा डिफरेंट जाति का माना जाता है।
Word by Word
ब्राह्मणBrahmin (member of the Brahmin varṇa)
ब्राह्मण:
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण
Formपुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी/सप्तमी/प्रथमा? (समासपूर्वपद; योर्-प्रत्ययेन द्विवचन-षष्ठी/सप्तमी सूचिते ‘ब्राह्मणक्षत्रिययोः’ इत्यत्र)
क्षत्रिययोःof/among the Brahmin and Kṣatriya (two varṇas)
क्षत्रिययोः:
TypeNoun
Rootक्षत्रिय
Form‘ब्राह्मण-क्षत्रिय’ इति द्वन्द्वसमासः; तस्य षष्ठी/सप्तमी द्विवचनम् ‘-योः’ (contextually: ‘of/in the case of Brahmin and Kṣatriya’)
अनन्तरimmediately successive; without an intervening (step/generation)
अनन्तर:
TypeAdjective
Rootअनन्तर
Formविशेषणम्; पुंलिङ्ग बहुवचन प्रथमा (पुत्राः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्); अर्थः ‘without an intervening (generation/step)’
अपुत्राःsonless persons; those without sons
अपुत्राः:
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
Formनञ्-तत्पुरुष (अ- + पुत्र); पुंलिङ्ग बहुवचन प्रथमा; ‘sonless/without sons’
सवर्णाःsame-varṇa (belonging to the same social class/varṇa)
सवर्णाः:
TypeAdjective
Rootसवर्ण
Formविशेषणम्; पुंलिङ्ग बहुवचन प्रथमा; ‘of the same varṇa’
एकान्तराःwith one interval; with one intervening step/generation
एकान्तराः:
TypeAdjective
Rootएकान्तरा
Formविशेषणम्; पुंलिङ्ग बहुवचन प्रथमा; ‘with one interval/one intervening (step/generation)’
असवर्णाःdifferent-varṇa; not of the same varṇa
असवर्णाः:
TypeAdjective
Rootसवर्ण
Formनञ्-तत्पुरुष (अ- + सवर्ण); पुंलिङ्ग बहुवचन प्रथमा; ‘of different varṇa’
Entities Mentioned
B
BrāhmaṇaK
KṣatriyaS
sons (putra)FAQs
To provide a deterministic rule for officials to classify mixed-union offspring for inheritance/maintenance decisions, reducing discretionary conflict.
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