Arthashastra 3.7.29: Dharmasthiya, Adhyaya 7, Sutra 29
Devanagari script
पौराणिकस्त्वन्यः सूतो मागधश्च ब्रह्मक्षत्राद्विशेषः ॥ कZ_०३.७.२९ ॥
Transliteration
paurāṇikastvanyaḥ sūto māgadhaśca brahmakṣatrādviśeṣaḥ
Translation
लेकिन पौराणिक अलग चीज़ है। जब ब्राह्मण और क्षत्रिय मिलते हैं, तब सूत और मगध का काम अलग होता है।
Word by Word
पौराणिकःa Paurāṇika (one versed in Purāṇas/ancient lore)
पौराणिकः:
TypeNoun (adjectival)
Rootपुराण
Formप्रथमा-एकवचनम्, पुंलिङ्गम्; तद्धितान्त (णिनि) ‘पुराण’ → ‘पौराणिक’ = पुराण-विद्/पुराण-सम्बद्धः
तुbut, however
तु:
TypeParticle
Rootतु
Formनिपातः; विरोध/विशेष-प्रदर्शनार्थः
अन्यःanother, different (one)
अन्यः:
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootअन्य
Formप्रथमा-एकवचनम्, पुंलिङ्गम्
सूतःa Sūta (bard/charioteer-class; traditional reciter of genealogies/itihāsa)
सूतः:
TypeNoun
Rootसूत
Formप्रथमा-एकवचनम्, पुंलिङ्गम्
मागधःa Māgadha (man of Magadha; panegyrist/herald)
मागधः:
TypeNoun
Rootमागध
Formप्रथमा-एकवचनम्, पुंलिङ्गम्; देश/जनपद-सम्बन्धी तद्धित (मगध → मागध)
चand
च:
TypeParticle
Rootच
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-निपातः
ब्रह्मक्षत्रात्from the Brahmin-and-Kshatriya (classes)
ब्रह्मक्षत्रात्:
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मक्षत्र
Formपञ्चमी-एकवचनम्, नपुंसकलिङ्गम् (समाहार-द्वन्द्वः); ‘ब्रह्मन्’ + ‘क्षत्र’ = ब्राह्मण-क्षत्रिय-समूह/वर्ग
विशेषःa distinction, difference
विशेषः:
TypeNoun
Rootविशेष
Formप्रथमा-एकवचनम्, पुंलिङ्गम्
Entities Mentioned
P
PaurāṇikaS
SūtaM
MāgadhaB
BrāhmaṇaK
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