Sutra 15

Devanagari script

दाशार्णाश्चापरान्ताश्च द्विपानां मध्यमा मताः ॥ कZ_०२.२.१५च्द् ॥

Transliteration

dāśārṇāścāparāntāś ca dvipānāṃ madhyamā matāḥ

Translation

ช้างจากแคว้นทศารณ์และจากอปรานตะถือว่าอยู่ในระดับปานกลางในบรรดาช้างศึก

Word by Word

• दाशार्णाः: the Daśārṇas (people/region of Daśārṇa)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दाशार्ण
• Form: प्रातिपदिक: दाशार्ण; पुंलिङ्ग (जनपद/देशवाचक); प्रथमा बहुवचनम्

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

• अपरान्ताः: the Aparāntas (people/region of Aparānta, western borderlands)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपरान्त
• Form: प्रातिपदिक: अपरान्त; पुंलिङ्ग (जनपद/देशवाचक); प्रथमा बहुवचनम्

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

• द्विपानाम्: of elephants
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विप
• Form: प्रातिपदिक: द्विप; पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी बहुवचनम्

• मध्यमा: (are) of the middle class/grade
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: मध्यम
• Form: प्रातिपदिक: मध्यम; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचनम् (अत्र ‘मध्यमा(ः)’ इति अर्थः)

• मताः: are considered / are regarded
• Type: Verb (PPP)
• Root: √मन् (मन्यते)
• Form: कृदन्त: क्त (भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृदन्त); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचनम्; ‘मन्तव्याः/इति मन्यन्ते’ इत्यर्थे

Entities Mentioned

• Daśārṇa
• Aparānta
• war-elephants (dvipāḥ)

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FAQs

What administrative purpose does regional grading of elephants serve?

It creates procurement and deployment standards: the state can price, assign duties, and plan campaigns based on expected performance by source-region.