Sutra 11

Devanagari script

तेषां बन्धनोपकरणमनीकस्थप्रमाणम् ॥ कZ_०२.३२.११ ॥

Transliteration

teṣāṃ bandhanopakaraṇam anīkastha-pramāṇam

Translation

ထိုဆင်များအတွက် ချုပ်နှောင်ကိရိယာများနှင့် ကိုင်တွယ်ထိန်းချုပ်ရေးကိရိယာများကို အဖွဲ့/တပ်ရင်းတစ်ခုချင်းစီ (anīkastha စံ) အလိုက် သတ်မှတ်ထားသော အရေအတွက်ဖြင့် ပံ့ပိုးရမည်။

Word by Word

• तेषाम्: of them; their
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: षष्ठी-बहुवचनम् (Genitive plural), सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक

• बन्धन-उपकरणम्: binding equipment; restraints
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपकरण
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचनम्; समासः: बन्धनस्य उपकरणम्

• अनीकस्थ-प्रमाणम्: the prescribed standard/measure for those stationed in the unit
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रमाण
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचनम्; समासः: अनीके (सेनायां/दलमध्ये) स्थस्य प्रमाणम्

Entities Mentioned

• elephants
• anīka (unit/establishment)

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FAQs

What is the administrative intent of 'anīkastha-pramāṇa'?

It signals an establishment-based scale (like a table of organization): equipment is issued by authorized unit standards to prevent shortages, excess, and misuse.