Sutra 29

Devanagari script

प्रयोग्यानामुत्तमाः काम्बोजसैन्धवारट्टवनायुजाः मध्यमा बाह्लीकपापेयकसौवीरकतैतलाः शेषाः प्रत्यवराः ॥ कZ_०२.३०.२९ ॥

Transliteration

prayogyānām uttamāḥ kāmbojasaindhavāraṭṭavanāyujāḥ madhyamā bāhlīkapāpeyakasauvīrakataitalāḥ śeṣāḥ pratyavarāḥ

Translation

အသုံးချနိုင်သော မြင်းများအနက် အကောင်းဆုံးမှာ ကာမ္ဘောဇ၊ စိုင်န္ဓဝ၊ ရာဋ္ဋ၊ နှင့် ဝနာယုဇ အမျိုးအစားများ ဖြစ်သည်။ အလယ်အလတ်မှာ ဘာဟ္လီက၊ ပါပေယက၊ ဆော်ဝီရက၊ နှင့် တိုင်တလ ဖြစ်ပြီး၊ ကျန်သမျှသည် နှိုင်းယှဉ်လျှင် နိမ့်ကျသည်။

Word by Word

• प्रयोग्यानाम्: of the serviceable/usable (horses)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: प्रयोग्य
• Form: षष्ठी-बहुवचनम् (Gen. pl.); पुंलिङ्गे (समूहवाचक/जातिवाचक) — ‘प्रयोग्य’ (युज् धातु से ‘प्रयोग्य’ = उपयोगयोग्य)

• उत्तमाः: are the best
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम
• Form: प्रथमा-बहुवचनम् (Nom. pl.); पुंलिङ्गः; विशेषणम्

• काम्बोज: Kamboja (horses/stock)
• Type: Noun (Proper/Tribal name)
• Root: काम्बोज
• Form: प्रथमा-बहुवचनम् (Nom. pl.); पुंलिङ्गः; जातिवाचकः (देश/जनपद-नाम)

• सैन्धव: Sindhu/Sindh (horses/stock)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (Gentilic)
• Root: सैन्धव
• Form: प्रथमा-बहुवचनम् (Nom. pl.); पुंलिङ्गः; सिन्धु-देशसम्बद्धः

• अरट्ट: Aratta (horses/stock)
• Type: Noun (Tribal name)
• Root: अरट्ट
• Form: प्रथमा-बहुवचनम् (Nom. pl.); पुंलिङ्गः; जातिवाचकः

• वनायुजाः: forest-bred/forest-yoked (horses/stock)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वनायुज
• Form: प्रथमा-बहुवचनम् (Nom. pl.); पुंलिङ्गः; समासः = वन + आयुज (युज्) → ‘वनायुज’

• मध्यमा: are middling/medium
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मध्यम
• Form: प्रथमा-बहुवचनम् (Nom. pl.); पुंलिङ्गः; विशेषणम्

• बाह्लीक: Bahlika/Bactrian (horses/stock)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (Gentilic)
• Root: बाह्लीक
• Form: प्रथमा-बहुवचनम् (Nom. pl.); पुंलिङ्गः; बाह्लीक-देशसम्बद्धः

• पापेयक: Papeyaka (horses/stock)
• Type: Noun (Gentilic/Tribal)
• Root: पापेयक
• Form: प्रथमा-बहुवचनम् (Nom. pl.); पुंलिङ्गः; जाति/देशवाचकः

• सौवीरक: Sauvīraka (horses/stock)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (Gentilic)
• Root: सौवीरक
• Form: प्रथमा-बहुवचनम् (Nom. pl.); पुंलिङ्गः; सुवीर-देशसम्बद्धः

• तैतलाः: Taitala (horses/stock)
• Type: Noun (Gentilic/Tribal)
• Root: तैतल
• Form: प्रथमा-बहुवचनम् (Nom. pl.); पुंलिङ्गः; जातिवाचकः

• शेषाः: the rest/others
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: शेष
• Form: प्रथमा-बहुवचनम् (Nom. pl.); पुंलिङ्गः; ‘अवशिष्टाः’ इत्यर्थे

• प्रत्यवराः: are inferior/lowest
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रत्यवर
• Form: प्रथमा-बहुवचनम् (Nom. pl.); पुंलिङ्गः; ‘अवरात् अपि अवर’ (निकृष्टतर)

Entities Mentioned

• Kāmbhoja horses
• Saindhava horses
• Rāṭṭa horses
• Vana-yuja horses
• Bāhlīka horses
• Pāpeyaka horses
• Sauvīraka horses
• Taitala horses

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FAQs

Why does the text rank horses by region/type?

To guide procurement toward reliable supply sources and to prevent wasteful spending on low-performing stock when building cavalry capability.