Sutra 5
Devanagari script
अभूतं वा परकुड्यादपक्रम्य द्वावरत्नी त्रिपदीं वा देशबन्धं कारयेत् ॥ कZ_०३.८.०५ ॥
Transliteration
abhūtaṃ vā parakuḍyād apakramya dvāvaratnīṃ tripadīṃ vā deśabandhaṃ kārayet
Translation
ਜੇ (ਸੁਰੱਖਿਆ ਪੱਟੀ/ਸੀਮਾ-ਬੰਧ) ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਨਾ ਹੋਵੇ, ਤਾਂ ਪੜੋਸੀ ਦੀ ਕੰਧ ਤੋਂ ਪਿੱਛੇ ਹਟ ਕੇ—ਦੋ ਅਰਤਨੀ ਜਾਂ ਤਿੰਨ ਪਦ—ਦਾ ਦੇਸ਼-ਬੰਧ (ਸੈਟਬੈਕ/ਬਫ਼ਰ) ਬਣਵਾਇਆ ਜਾਵੇ।
Word by Word
अभूतम्a non-existent (portion) / an absent (wall)
अभूतम्:
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootभू
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, द्वितीया; भूत (कृदन्त, क्त) with privative अ- = ‘not existing/absent’
वाor
वा:
TypeParticle
Rootवा
Formविकल्पार्थक अव्यय
परकुड्यात्from another person’s wall
परकुड्यात्:
TypeNoun
Rootकुड्य
Formपुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, पञ्चमी; पर-कुड्य = ‘another’s wall’ (from the wall of another)
अपक्रम्यhaving moved away / after stepping back
अपक्रम्य:
TypeGerund (Absolutive)
Rootअप-क्रम्
Formक्त्वान्त (ल्यप्) अव्यय; ‘having stepped/moved away’
द्वावरत्नीम्(a distance of) two avaratnis
द्वावरत्नीम्:
TypeNoun (measure phrase)
Rootद्वि + अवरत्नि
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, एकवचन, द्वितीया; ‘two avaratnis’ (a linear measure)
त्रिपदीम्(a distance of) three steps
त्रिपदीम्:
TypeNoun (measure phrase)
Rootत्रि + पद
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, एकवचन, द्वितीया; ‘three steps/foot-lengths’ as a measure
वाor
वा:
TypeParticle
Rootवा
Formविकल्पार्थक अव्यय
देशबन्धम्boundary demarcation / fixing of the site limits
देशबन्धम्:
TypeNoun
Rootदेश + बन्ध
Formपुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, द्वितीया; देशस्य बन्धः = boundary demarcation/tying of limits
कारयेत्should cause (it) to be done / should have (it) made
कारयेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (णिच्)
Formलोट्/विधिलिङ् (optative) परस्मैपद, 3 एकवचन; causative ‘should cause to be done / should have made’
Entities Mentioned
N
neighborB
boundary wallB
builderD
deśabandha (buffer strip)FAQs
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