Sutra 16

Devanagari script

चतुष्पञ्चाशदङ्गुलः कूप्यवनहस्तः ॥ कZ_०२.२०.१६ ॥

Transliteration

catuṣpañcāśadaṅgulaḥ kūpyavanahastaḥ

Translation

कूप्यवनहस्तः चतुष्पञ्चाशदङ्गुलः।

Word by Word

• चतुःपञ्चाशत्: fifty-four (as a measure/number)
• Type: Numeral (Noun-like)
• Root: चतुर् + पञ्चाशत्
• Form: संख्या; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (नपुंसकलिङ्गे परिमाणवाचक-प्रयोगः)

• अङ्गुलः: aṅgula (finger-breadth; a unit of length)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्गुलि
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; परिमाणवाचकः (अङ्गुल-प्रमाणम्)

• कूप्यवनहस्तः: the ‘kūpyavana-hasta’ (a specific hasta/cubit measure associated with kūpyavana)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्त + कूप्यवन
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; समासान्त-पदं ‘हस्तः’ (measure-name)

Entities Mentioned

• kūpyavanahasta
• aṅgula

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