Arthashastra 11.1.48: Sangha, Adhyaya 1, Sutra 48
Devanagari script
ततस्तद्व्यञ्जनाः प्रक्रोशेयुः असौ ब्रह्महा ब्राह्मणीजारश्च इति ॥
Transliteration
tatastadvyañjanāḥ prakrośeyuḥ asau brahmahā brāhmaṇījāraśca iti
Translation
फिर वो लोग चिल्लाके बोलेंगे कि यह आदमी ब्राह्मण का खूनी है। और वो ब्राह्मण की औरत के साथ गलत काम कर रहा है।
Word by Word
ततःthereupon; then; from there
ततः:
TypeAdverb
Rootतद्
Formतसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय; अपादान/क्रम-निर्देशे ‘तस्मात्/ततः’ = ‘thereupon/from that (place/time)’
तद्that
तद्:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formसर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (सन्दर्भानुसार ‘that’ as determiner)
व्यञ्जनाःinstigators; signalers; decoys
व्यञ्जनाः:
TypeNoun
Rootव्यञ्जन
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन; ‘indicators/agents who give the cue’
प्रक्रोशेयुःshould cry out; should shout aloud
प्रक्रोशेयुः:
TypeVerb
Rootक्रुश्
Formलिङ् (विधिलिङ्), परस्मैपदम्; प्रथमपुरुष बहुवचन; उपसर्ग ‘प्र-’; धातु ‘क्रुश्’ (क्रोशति) = ‘to cry out’
असौthis person here; that fellow
असौ:
TypePronoun
Rootअसद्/अदस्
Formसर्वनाम ‘अदस्’; पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचन; ‘this man here/that fellow’ (deictic)
ब्रह्महाa slayer of a Brahmin
ब्रह्महा:
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्महन्
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; ‘ब्रह्मन् + हन्’ (तत्पुरुष-समासः) ‘slayer of a Brahmin’
ब्राह्मणीa Brahmin woman
ब्राह्मणी:
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मणी
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; ‘a Brahmin woman’
जारःparamour; adulterer
जारः:
TypeNoun
Rootजार
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; ‘paramour/adulterer’
चand
च:
TypeParticle
Rootच
Formसमुच्चयार्थक अव्यय; ‘and’
इतिthus; (saying)
इति:
TypeQuotative particle
Rootइति
Formउद्धरण/वाक्य-समाप्ति सूचक अव्यय; direct speech marker
Entities Mentioned
B
brahmahāB
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