Sutra 24

Devanagari script

सामन्तः पृष्ठतो वर्गः प्रतिवेशौ च पार्श्वयोः ॥ कZ_०७.१३.२४च्द् ॥

Transliteration

sāmantaḥ pṛṣṭhato vargaḥ prativeśau ca pārśvayoḥ

Translation

ထိုသုံးမျိုးမှာ—နောက်ဘက်ရှိ နယ်စပ်အုပ်ချုပ်သူ/အနီးအနားခေါင်းဆောင် (sāmanta)၊ နောက်ဘက်ရှိ အဖွဲ့အစည်း/မဟာမိတ်အစု (varga) နှင့် ဘေးဖက်နှစ်ဖက်ရှိ အနီးချင်းနှစ်နိုင်ငံ (prativeśa) တို့ဖြစ်သည်။

Word by Word

• सामन्तः: the sāmanta (border/feudatory king)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सामन्त
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-एकवचनम्

• पृष्ठतः: from behind; at the rear
• Type: Indeclinable (Adverbial)
• Root: पृष्ठ
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययम् (ablatival adverb)

• वर्गः: the troop-division (varga/unit)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ग
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-एकवचनम्

• प्रतिवेशौ: the two adjacent neighbors
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिवेश
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-द्विवचनम्

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

• पार्श्वयोः: on the two flanks/sides
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्श्व
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम् (पार्श्व), सप्तमी-द्विवचनम् (स्थाने)

Entities Mentioned

• sāmanta
• varga
• prativeśa

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FAQs

Who are the ‘three’ pārṣṇigrāhas listed in 7.13.24?

A rear sāmanta, a rear coalition (varga), and the pair of side neighbors (prativeśa) on the flanks.