Sutra 14

Devanagari script

परशुकुठारपट्टसखनित्रकुद्दालक्रकचकाण्डच्छेदनाः क्षुरकल्पाः ॥ कZ_०२.१८.१४ ॥

Transliteration

paraśukuṭhārapaṭṭasakhanitrakuddālakrakacakāṇḍacchedanāḥ kṣurakalpāḥ

Translation

ക്ഷുര-വർഗത്തിലുള്ള മൂർച്ചയുള്ള ആയുധങ്ങളിൽ (ക്ഷുരകൽപാഃ) പരശു (കോടരി), കുഠാര (ടാംഗി), പട്ടസ (ഫലക-കത്തി/ബോർഡ്-കത്തി), ഖനിത്ര (തോണ്ടൽ ഉപകരണം/പാര), കുദ്ദാല (കുദാലി), ക്രക (കൊയ്ത്തരി), ചക (അരി/സോ), കാണ്ഡച്ഛേദന (കൊമ്പ് മുറിക്കുന്ന ഉപകരണം) എന്നിവ ഉൾപ്പെടുന്നു.

Word by Word

• परशु: axe
• Type: Noun
• Root: परशु
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (समाहार-गणनायां पदरूपम्)

• कुठार: hatchet; axe
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुठार
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (समाहार-गणनायां पदरूपम्)

• पट्टस: a kind of axe (broad/battle-axe)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पट्टस
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (समाहार-गणनायां पदरूपम्)

• खनित्र: spade; digging implement
• Type: Noun
• Root: खनित्र
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (समाहार-गणनायां पदरूपम्)

• कुद्दाल: hoe; spade
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुद्दाल
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (समाहार-गणनायां पदरूपम्)

• क्रकच: saw
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रकच
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (समाहार-गणनायां पदरूपम्)

• काण्डच्छेदनाः: branch-cutters; tools for cutting stems/branches
• Type: Noun
• Root: छिद् (छेदन)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः; प्रथमा बहुवचन; काण्डस्य छेदनाः = काण्डच्छेदनाः (काण्ड-च्छेदन-शस्त्राणि/उपकरणानि)

• क्षुरकल्पाः: razor-like; having razor-sharp edges
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: कॢप् (कल्प)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः; प्रथमा बहुवचन; क्षुर-कल्पाः = क्षुरवत्/क्षुरसदृशाः (क्षुर-तुल्यधाराः)

Entities Mentioned

• edged tools
• axes
• saws
• digging tools

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FAQs

Why include work-tools in an armory list?

Because the state’s coercive capacity includes engineering (fortification, clearing, siege works) and internal order; dual-use tools must be inventoried and controlled.