Sutra 36

Devanagari script

सपादपणो द्रोणमूल्यमाढकस्य पादोनः षण्माषकाः प्रस्थस्य माषकः कुडुबस्य ॥ कZ_०२.१९.३६ ॥

Transliteration

sapādapaṇo droṇamūlyamāḍhakasya pādonaḥ ṣaṇmāṣakāḥ prasthasya māṣakaḥ kuḍubasya

Translation

ລາຄາຂອງ droṇa ແມ່ນ 1 ແລະ 1/4 paṇa; ຂອງ āḍhaka ນ້ອຍກວ່າ 1/4; ຂອງ prastha ແມ່ນ 6 māṣaka; ແລະຂອງ kuḍuba ແມ່ນ 1 māṣaka.

Word by Word

• सपादपणः: one and a quarter pana (price)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पण
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; विशेषण-प्रयोगः (मूल्यवाचकः) — ‘सपाद’ (अव्ययीभाव-पूर्वपद, ‘पादेन सह’) + ‘पण’

• द्रोणमूल्यम्: the price of a drona-measure
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूल्य
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः — द्रोणस्य मूल्यं

• आढकस्य: of an āḍhaka (measure)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आढक
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी एकवचन

• पादोनः: a quarter less
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऊन
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; ‘पाद’ (¼) + ‘ऊन’ (less) = पादोन ‘a quarter less’

• षण्माषकाः: six māṣakas
• Type: Noun
• Root: माषक
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन; षट् + माषक = षण्माषक ‘six māṣakas’

• प्रस्थस्य: of a prastha (measure)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रस्थ
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी एकवचन

• माषकः: one māṣaka
• Type: Noun
• Root: माषक
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन

• कुडुबस्य: of a kuḍuba (measure)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुडुब
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी एकवचन

Entities Mentioned

• paṇa
• māṣaka
• droṇa
• āḍhaka
• prastha
• kuḍuba

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