Sutra 10
Devanagari script
स्तेनपारदारिकयोः साचिव्यकर्मणि स्त्रियाः संगृहीतायाश्च कर्णनासाच्छेदनम् पञ्चशतो वा दण्डः पुंषो द्विगुणः ॥ कZ_०४.१०.१० ॥
Transliteration
stenapāradārikayoḥ sācivyakarmaṇi striyāḥ saṃgṛhītāyāś ca karṇanāsācchedanam pañcaśato vā daṇḍaḥ puṃṣo dviguṇaḥ
Translation
For a woman who assists (acts as an accomplice) to a thief or an adulterer, and for a woman who harbors them, the penalty is cutting off the ear and nose, or a fine of five hundred paṇas; for a man, the penalty is double.
Word by Word
स्तेनthief
स्तेन:
TypeNoun
Rootस्तेन
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (समासपूर्वपद-रूप)
पारदारिकयोः(of/among) the adulterer
पारदारिकयोः:
TypeNoun
Rootपारदारिक
Formपुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी/सप्तमी द्विवचन; ‘स्तेन…पारदारिकयोः’ = (of/among) the thief and the adulterer
साचिव्यकर्मणिin ministerial/official service (employment)
साचिव्यकर्मणि:
TypeNoun
Rootसाचिव्य-कर्मन्
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी एकवचन; ‘साचिव्यस्य कर्मणि’ = in the work/duty of ministerial service
स्त्रियाःof a woman
स्त्रियाः:
TypeNoun
Rootस्त्री
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी एकवचन
संगृहीतायाःwho has been apprehended/arrested
संगृहीतायाः:
TypeParticiple
Rootसम्-ग्रह्
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी एकवचन; ‘संगृहीता’ = apprehended/arrested
चand
च:
TypeParticle
Rootच
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय
कर्णear
कर्ण:
TypeNoun
Rootकर्ण
Formपुंलिङ्ग; (समासपूर्वपद-रूप)
नासाnose
नासा:
TypeNoun
Rootनासा
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; (समासपूर्वपद-रूप)
च्छेदनम्cutting off (amputation)
च्छेदनम्:
TypeVerbal noun (Kṛt)
Rootछिद्
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; ल्युट्-प्रत्यय (च्छेदन) = cutting off
पञ्चशतःfive-hundred (as amount)
पञ्चशतः:
TypeNoun/Number
Rootपञ्चशत
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन (दण्डविशेषण)
वाor
वा:
TypeParticle
Rootवा
Formविकल्प-अव्यय
दण्डःpunishment/fine
दण्डः:
TypeNoun
Rootदण्ड
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन
पुंसःof a man (male)
पुंसः:
TypeNoun
Rootपुंस् (पुम्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी एकवचन
द्विगुणःdouble
द्विगुणः:
TypeAdjective
Rootद्वि-गुण
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; दण्डस्य विशेषणम्
Entities Mentioned
S
stena (thief)P
pāradārika (adulterer)A
accomplice/harborerFAQs
Disrupt the support ecosystem of crime (safe houses, intermediaries, logistics), not just the principal offender—an early form of conspiracy/abetment enforcement.