Sutra 9
Devanagari script
मासद्विमासजातानङ्कयेत् ॥ कZ_०२.२९.०९ ॥
Transliteration
māsadvimāsajātān aṅkayet
Translation
Ia harus memberi cap/tanda pada yang lahir satu atau dua bulan lalu.
Word by Word
मास-द्वि-मास-जातान्those born at one month or two months (i.e., one- or two-month-old young ones)
मास-द्वि-मास-जातान्:
TypeNoun (compound adjective used substantively)
Rootमास; द्वि; जात (√जन्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-बहुवचन; विशेषण-प्रयोगः (मासद्विमासजाताः = मासे वा द्विमासे वा जाताः)
अङ्कयेत्should mark/brand (them)
अङ्कयेत्:
TypeVerb
Root√अङ्क् (अङ्कयति)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative); परस्मैपदम्; प्रथमपुरुषः; एकवचनम्; वर्तमानकाल-आश्रयः; धातु-प्रयोगः: अङ्कयेत् = अङ्कं कुर्यात्/चिह्नयेत्
Entities Mentioned
Y
young livestock (1–2 months old)FAQs
It fixes ownership and enables counting from an early age, limiting substitution fraud and improving long-term herd accounting.