Arthashastra 11.1.17: Sangha, Adhyaya 1, Sutra 17
Devanagari script
भूमौ चैषां पञ्चकुलीं दशकुलीं वा कृष्यायां निवेशयेत् ॥
Transliteration
bhūmau caiṣāṃ pañcakulīṃ daśakulīṃ vā kṛṣyāyāṃ niveśayet
Translation
ज़मीन पर उनको बसा दो। खेती के लिए पाँच परिवार या दस परिवार मिला के रखना। वहाँ उनको सेटल कर दो।
Word by Word
भूमौon the land/ground
भूमौ:
TypeNoun
Rootभूमि
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; एकवचन; सप्तमी (अधिकरण)
चand
च:
TypeParticle
Rootच
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय
एषाम्of these (persons/people)
एषाम्:
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
Formषष्ठी; बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (सम्बन्ध)
पञ्चकुलीम्a five-family (unit/settlement)
पञ्चकुलीम्:
TypeNoun
Rootपञ्चकुली
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; एकवचन; द्वितीया (कर्म)
दशकुलीम्a ten-family (unit/settlement)
दशकुलीम्:
TypeNoun
Rootदशकुली
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; एकवचन; द्वितीया (कर्म)
वाor
वा:
TypeParticle
Rootवा
Formविकल्प-अव्यय
कृष्यायाम्in/within the cultivable land; on farmland
कृष्यायाम्:
TypeNoun/Adjective (used substantively)
Rootकृष्य
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; एकवचन; सप्तमी (अधिकरण)
निवेशयेत्he should settle/establish (them)
निवेशयेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootनि-विश् (निवेशयति)
Formलिङ् (विधिलिङ्); परस्मैपदम्; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; causative (णिच्) of √विश् with उपसर्ग नि-
Entities Mentioned
F
families (kula)S
settlersFAQs
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