Arthashastra — Adhyakshaprachara, Sutra 11
Devanagari script
द्वयोरट्टालकयोर्मध्ये सहर्म्यद्वितलामध्यर्धायायामां प्रतोलीं कारयेत् ॥ कZ_०२.३.११ ॥
Transliteration
dvayor aṭṭālakayor madhye saharmyadvitalāmadhyardhāyāyāmāṃ pratolīṃ kārayet
Translation
စောင့်ကြည့်တိုင် နှစ်လုံးအကြားတွင် အပေါ်ဘက် အဆောက်အဦ (အခန်းများပါ) နှင့် ပေါင်းစည်းထားသော တံခါးအိမ် (pratolī) ကို ဆောက်လုပ်စေသင့်ပြီး၊ နှစ်ထပ်ဖြစ်ရမည်၊ ထို့ပြင် သတ်မှတ်ထားသော အလယ်အလတ်/တစ်ဝက်အလျား အတိုင်းအတာများဖြင့် ဖြစ်ရမည်။
Word by Word
द्वयोःof two
द्वयोः:
TypeNumeral/Pronoun-like adjective
Rootद्वि
Formषष्ठी-द्विवचनम् (genitive dual); विशेषणम्
अट्टालकयोःof (the) two towers/bastions
अट्टालकयोः:
TypeNoun
Rootअट्टालक
Formषष्ठी-द्विवचनम् (genitive dual)
मध्येin the middle/between
मध्ये:
TypeNoun (used adverbially)
Rootमध्य
Formसप्तमी-एकवचनम् (locative singular); अधिकरणम्
सहर्म्यa multi-storeyed/terraced superstructure
सहर्म्य:
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootसहर्म्य
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गम्; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचनम् (contextually द्वितीया as object-qualifier)
द्वितलtwo-storeyed
द्वितल:
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootद्वि + तल
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गम्; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचनम् (contextually qualifying the next member)
अर्धhalf
अर्ध:
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootअर्ध
Formअव्ययीभाव-प्राय/उपसर्जनार्थ (as first member in compound); ‘half’
आयामाम्(of) length/extent
आयामाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootआयाम
Formद्वितीया-एकवचनम् (accusative singular); परिमाणवाचकः
प्रतोलीम्a gatehouse / main gate-passage
प्रतोलीम्:
TypeNoun
Rootप्रतोली
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गम्; द्वितीया-एकवचनम् (accusative singular); कर्म
कारयेत्should cause (it) to be made / should have (it) constructed
कारयेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (णिच्)
Formलोट्/विधिलिङ्-रूपम् (optative/imperative sense); परस्मैपदम्; 3rd person singular; causative (णिच्): ‘cause to be made’
Entities Mentioned
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pratolī (gatehouse)A
aṭṭālaka (towers)FAQs
It allows cross-coverage of the gate by defenders from both sides, turning entry into a controllable and punishable chokepoint.