Sutra 40

Devanagari script

तदभावेऽप्यसोदर्यं सपिण्डं कुल्यं वासन्नम् ॥ कZ_०३.४.४० ॥

Transliteration

tadabhāve 'py asodaryaṃ sapiṇḍaṃ kulyaṃ vā sannam

Translation

သူ (မိဘတူညီသော ညီအစ်ကို) မရှိပါက (သူမသည်) မိဘမတူညီသော ညီအစ်ကိုထံ၊ သို့မဟုတ် သတ်မှတ်ထားသော အဆင့်အတွင်းရှိ သွေးဆွေ (sapiṇḍa) ထံ၊ သို့မဟုတ် မျိုးရိုးဆွေ (kulya) ထံ—အနီးဆုံး/ရရှိနိုင်သူထံ သွားနိုင်သည်။

Word by Word

• तद्: in that (case) / therein
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; एकवचन; सप्तमी (तद्-भावे = तस्मिन् अभावे)

• अभावे: in the absence
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभाव
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; एकवचन; सप्तमी

• अपि: even; also
• Type: Particle
• Root: अपि
• Form: निपात (समुच्चय/अपवादार्थ)

• असोदर्यम्: a half-sibling (not of the same womb)
• Type: Noun (kinship term)
• Root: असोदर्य
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; एकवचन; द्वितीया (सूच्य-समाहार/अनुक्रमेण निर्दिष्टं)

• सपिण्डम्: a sapinda (close blood relation)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (kinship term)
• Root: सपिण्ड
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; एकवचन; द्वितीया

• कुल्यम्: a kulya (clan/lineage kinsman)
• Type: Noun (kinship term)
• Root: कुल्य
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; एकवचन; द्वितीया

• वा: or
• Type: Particle
• Root: वा
• Form: विकल्पार्थक निपात

• असन्नम्: a non-near/remote (kinsman)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: असन्न
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; एकवचन; द्वितीया; (सत्-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण) ‘असन्न’ = ‘असन्निकृष्ट/दूरस्थ’ इत्यर्थे

Entities Mentioned

• wife
• half-brother
• sapiṇḍa relatives
• kulya relatives

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FAQs

What administrative problem does a ranked kin list solve?

It standardizes decisions, limits forum-shopping, and reduces conflicts among claimants by making priority predictable.