Sutra 79

Devanagari script

तावन्तः प्रतिलोमाः ॥ कZ_०९.७.७९ ॥

Transliteration

tāvantaḥ pratilomāḥ

Translation

ଏହାଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ତତ୍ତେ (ସମତୁଲ୍ୟ) ପ୍ରତିଲୋମ ଉପାୟ/ବିପରୀତ ପ୍ରକ୍ରିୟା ଅଛି।

Word by Word

• तावन्तः: so many; as many (as stated)
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective (quantitative demonstrative)
• Root: तावत्
• Form: प्रातिपदिकम्: तावत्; पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम् (तावन्तः)

• प्रतिलोमाः: reverse-order (persons/acts); irregular; illicit
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: प्रतिलोम
• Form: प्रातिपदिकम्: प्रतिलोम; पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम् (प्रतिलोमाः)

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What is the administrative point of ‘pratiloma’ here?

It signals that for each listed method or situation, Kautilya recognizes a corresponding opposite/compensating procedure—i.e., policy is designed with built-in counter-options.