Sutra 15

Devanagari script

तदेव हतोद्बद्धस्य परीक्षेत ॥ कZ_०४.७.१५ ॥

Transliteration

tadeva hatodbaddhasya parīkṣeta

Translation

Dengan cara yang sama, ia harus menyelidiki perkara orang yang dibunuh setelah digantung (yakni gantung diri yang direkayasa atau kematian yang terkait dengan gantung).

Word by Word

• तत्: that (very thing / that case)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (सन्दर्भे कर्म/विषय-निर्देशः)

• एव: indeed; only; just
• Type: Particle
• Root: एव
• Form: निपात; अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (emphatic/only)

• हत-उद्बद्धस्य: of one who is killed or bound up (i.e., of the slain or the restrained/strung-up person)
• Type: Adjectival compound (genitive dependent)
• Root: √हन् (हत) + √बन्ध् (उद्बद्ध)
• Form: समासः: हत (कृदन्त-भूतकर्मणि, past passive participle) + उद्बद्ध (कृदन्त-भूतकर्मणि, 'bound up/fastened/strung up'); समस्तपदम् विशेषणरूपेण; षष्ठी-एकवचन (पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग—सन्दर्भानुसारं, 'of the ...')

• परीक्षेत: should examine / should investigate
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-√ईक्ष्
• Form: लोट् (विधिलिङ्/आज्ञार्थे—injunctive/optative sense in sutra style); परस्मैपदम्; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; धातुः: परि-ईक्ष् ‘to examine/investigate’

Entities Mentioned

• investigating authority (royal officer/judge)
• deceased

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FAQs

What administrative principle is implied by 'tadeva' (the same)?

Kauṭilya signals procedural standardization: once an investigative method is prescribed, apply it consistently across analogous suspicious-death scenarios.