Sutra 29

Devanagari script

तत्त्रैवेद्येभ्यः प्रयच्छेत् ॥ कZ_०३.५.२९ ॥

Transliteration

tat traivedyebhyaḥ prayacchet

Translation

ထိုပစ္စည်းကို Traivedya များထံ ပေးအပ်သင့်သည်။

Word by Word

• तत्: that; in that matter/therein (context-dependent)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम-शब्दः; नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम् (सन्दर्भानुसारं ‘तस्मिन्/तत्’ इत्यर्थे)

• त्रैवेद्येभ्यः: from/for the experts in the three Vedas; Vedic scholars
• Type: Noun (adjectival substantive)
• Root: त्रैवेद्य (त्रि + वेद)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे (समूह/व्यक्ति-वाचकः) पञ्चमी बहुवचनम्; अपादान/हेतु/सम्प्रदान-प्रयोगः सन्दर्भानुसारः

• प्रयच्छेत्: should give; should grant/bestow
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + यम्
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative) परस्मैपदम्; प्रथमपुरुषः एकवचनम्; लोट्-भावार्थः ‘दद्यात्/प्रदद्यात्’

Entities Mentioned

• king/state
• Traivedyas

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FAQs

What political function can such grants serve?

They build ideological legitimacy and social alliances by converting certain windfall revenues into patronage for influential learned groups.