Sutra 26

Devanagari script

अनेन मण्डलपृथक्त्वं व्याख्यातमरिमध्यमोदासीनानाम् ॥ कZ_०६.२.२६ ॥

Transliteration

anena maṇḍalapṛthaktvaṃ vyākhyātam arimadhyamodāsīnānām

Translation

ဤနည်းဖြင့် ရန်သူ (ari)၊ အလယ်ဘုရင် (madhyama) နှင့် အလယ်မနေ/အပျက်မပါသော အင်အား (udāsīna) တို့၏ မဏ္ဍလအမျိုးအစားခွဲခြားမှုကို ရှင်းလင်းထားသည်။

Word by Word

• अनेन: by this; by means of this (statement)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिकम्; तृतीया-एकवचनम्; नपुंसकलिङ्गम् (इदम्-शब्दस्य एतद्-आदेशः)

• मण्डलपृथक्त्वम्: the separateness/distinction (classification) of the mandala (circle of states)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथक् + त्व (तद्धित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्; प्रथमा-एकवचनम्; भाववाचक-तद्धितान्त (त्व)

• व्याख्यातम्: has been explained; has been expounded
• Type: Verb (past passive participle)
• Root: वि + आ + ख्या
• Form: कृदन्तम् (क्त); कर्मणि-प्रयोगे भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः; नपुंसकलिङ्गम्; प्रथमा-एकवचनम्; ‘(इदं) व्याख्यातम्’ = ‘has been explained’

• अरि: enemy (king)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरि
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्; षष्ठी-बहुवचनस्य समासपूर्वपदत्वेन (अरि- मध्यम- उदासीनानाम् इत्यस्य पूर्वपदम्)

• मध्यम: the middle (intermediate) king
• Type: Noun/Adjective (used as technical noun)
• Root: मध्यम
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्; षष्ठी-बहुवचनस्य समासपूर्वपदत्वेन

• उदासीनानाम्: of the neutral (kings)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (used as technical noun)
• Root: उदासीन
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्; षष्ठी-बहुवचनम्

Entities Mentioned

• ari
• madhyama
• udāsīna

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FAQs

What does ‘maṇḍala-pṛthaktva’ signal methodologically?

That the same capability-matrix can be applied across roles (enemy/middle/neutral) to classify them consistently and avoid ad hoc diplomacy.