Sutra 35
Devanagari script
ताम्रवृत्तकंसवैकृन्तकारकूटकानां पञ्चकं शतं वेतनम् ॥ कZ_०४.१.३५ ॥
Transliteration
tāmravṛttakaṃsavaikṛntakārakūṭakānāṃ pañcakaṃ śataṃ vetanam
Translation
ചെമ്പ് വട്ടം/തകിട്, കാംസം/പിത്തളം, മുറിക്കുന്ന/കൊത്തുന്ന തൊഴിലാളികൾ, കൂടാതെ കൂട്ട്/നകലി വസ്തു നിർമ്മാതാക്കൾ—ഇവരുടെ വേതനം നൂറിന് അഞ്ച് (യൂണിറ്റ്) ആണ്.
Word by Word
ताम्रवृत्तround copper pieces (copper discs/coins)
ताम्रवृत्त:
TypeNoun (adjectival compound)
Rootताम्र + वृत्त
Formप्रथमा/षष्ठी-बहुवचन-समासाङ्ग (विशेषणरूपेण); ‘ताम्र’ (copper) + ‘वृत्त’ (round/disc-shaped) → ‘round copper (pieces)’; governs following genitive plural ‘…कानाम्’ as member of list
कंसbell-metal/bronze (articles)
कंस:
TypeNoun
Rootकंस
Formषष्ठी-बहुवचन (…कानाम्-समूहस्य सदस्यः); ‘कंस’ = bell-metal/bronze vessel/metal
वैकृन्तकcutters/engravers (artisans who cut/shape materials)
वैकृन्तक:
TypeNoun (agent/occupation)
Rootवि + कृन्त (कृन्तति) → वैकृन्तक
Formषष्ठी-बहुवचन (…कानाम्-समूहस्य सदस्यः); ‘वैकृन्तक’ = छेदक/कर्तक (cutter, carver)
अरकूटकarakūṭakas (a specified class of forgers/counterfeiters)
अरकूटक:
TypeNoun (occupation/agent)
Rootअर + कूटक
Formषष्ठी-बहुवचन (…कानाम्-समूहस्य सदस्यः); ‘कूटक’ = कूटयति इति/कूटकर्मक (forger/counterfeiter); ‘अर-’ as specifying subtype (Arthaśāstra technical class)
आनांof (these)
आनां:
TypeGenitive plural ending
Root(ताम्रवृत्त-कंस-वैकृन्तक-अरकूटक)
Formषष्ठी-बहुवचन-प्रत्ययः; preceding list taken together as genitive plural: ‘of (these)…’
पञ्चकम्a set of five
पञ्चकम्:
TypeNoun
Rootपञ्चक
Formद्वितीया-एकवचन (कर्म/परिमाण); ‘पञ्चक’ = five (a set of five)
शतम्a hundred; here: five hundreds (500)
शतम्:
TypeNoun (numeral)
Rootशत
Formद्वितीया-एकवचन; ‘शतम्’ = hundred; with ‘पञ्चकम्’ → ‘five hundreds’ (= 500) as wage-amount
वेतनम्wage/salary
वेतनम्:
TypeNoun
Rootवेतन
Formप्रथमा-एकवचन; predicate nominative: ‘(is) the wage/salary’
Entities Mentioned
T
tāmra (copper)K
kaṃsa (bronze/brass)V
vaikṛntaka (cutter/engraver)K
kūṭaka (counterfeiter/debaser)FAQs
Administratively, it signals state supervision of high-risk crafts: even suspect production categories are brought under measurable standards to enable control, auditing, and enforcement.