Sutra 29

Devanagari script

पुष्पफलच्छायावद्गुल्मलतास्वर्धदण्डाः पुण्यस्थानतपोवनश्मशानद्रुमेषु च ॥ कZ_०३.१९.२९ ॥

Transliteration

puṣpaphalacchāyāvad gulmalatāsv ardhadaṇḍāḥ puṇyasthānatapovanaśmaśānadrumeṣu ca ||

Translation

ပန်းပွင့်/အသီးပေး/အရိပ်ပေးသော ချုံပင်နှင့် လျားပင် (creeper) များအတွက် ဒဏ်ငွေသည် တစ်ဝက်သာ ချမှတ်ရမည်။ ထို့အတူ သာသနာရေး/ပုဏ္ဏားရေး အထွတ်အမြတ်နေရာများ၊ တပေါဝန် (တပသစ်တော) နှင့် သင်္ချိုင်း/မီးသင်္ဂြိုဟ်ရာနေရာရှိ သစ်ပင်များအတွက်လည်း အလားတူဖြစ်သည်။

Word by Word

• पुष्पफलच्छायावत्: having flowers, fruits, and shade (i.e., providing flower/fruit/shade)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुष्प/फल/छाया + वत्
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया बहुवचनम्; -वत् प्रत्ययान्त विशेषणम् (पुष्प-फल-छाया-युक्तवत्)

• गुल्मलतासु: among shrubs and creepers
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुल्म + लता
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे सप्तमी बहुवचनम्; ‘गुल्म’ (झाडी/गुच्छ) + ‘लता’ (वल्ली) समाहार-द्वन्द्वः, अधिकरणे

• अर्धदण्डाः: (should be) half a daṇḍa (in height/measure)
• Type: Noun (used adjectivally)
• Root: दण्ड
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम्; ‘अर्ध’ (अर्धमात्र) + ‘दण्ड’ (दण्ड/दण्ड-प्रमाण)

• पुण्यस्थान: sacred places
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य + स्थान
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्; (समासपदम्) ‘पुण्यस्य स्थानम्’

• तपोवन: groves of ascetics (hermitage forests)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् + वन
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्; (समासपदम्) ‘तपसां वनम्’

• श्मशान: cremation grounds
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्मशान
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्; (समासपदम्)

• द्रुमेषु: on/among trees
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रुम
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे सप्तमी बहुवचनम्

• च: and
• Type: Particle
• Root: च
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्ययम्

Entities Mentioned

• shrubs
• creepers
• sacred places
• ascetic groves
• cremation grounds

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FAQs

How can penalties be ‘half’ yet still cover sacred-site trees?

This sūtra likely extends the relevant schedule to additional categories while specifying a reduced scale for shrubs/creepers; for sacred-site trees, it signals explicit jurisdiction and enforceability (even if the base schedule differs by plant type).

What governance function does regulating cremation-ground trees serve?

It preserves public health, ritual order, and communal sensibilities in liminal civic spaces managed by the state.