Sutra 17

Devanagari script

संजातलोहिता प्रतिच्छन्ना सम्लिप्तपक्षा समकक्ष्या व्यतिकीर्णमांसा समतल्पतला जातद्रोणिकेति शोभाः ॥ कZ_०२.३१.१७ ॥

Transliteration

saṃjātalohitā praticchannā samliptapakṣā samakakṣyā vyatikīrṇamāṃsā samatalpatalā jātadroṇiketi śobhāḥ

Translation

ลักษณะความงามคือ: สีแดงเรื่อที่ก่อรูปดี, ลำตัวที่ปกคลุมเหมาะสม, หูที่ทา/ดูสุขภาพดี, ไหล่เสมอกัน, เนื้อกระจายสม่ำเสมอ, หลังราบเสมอ, และลักษณะ ‘โทรณิกา’ ที่ก่อรูปดี (ร่อง/ส่วนเว้าส่วนโค้งของร่างกายที่เหมาะสม)

Word by Word

• संजातलोहिता: having redness that has arisen; newly reddened
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोहित
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (शोभाः इति स्त्रीबहुवचनस्य लक्षणरूपेण)

• प्रतिच्छन्ना: covered, concealed
• Type: Participle (Adjective)
• Root: छद् (छादन)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• सम्लिप्तपक्षा: whose sides/wings (flanks) are smeared/plastered
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पक्ष
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; ‘सम्-लिप्त’ इति विशेषणेन ‘पक्ष’ (पक्षाः/पक्षः) उपलक्षितम्; बहुव्रीहिः—यस्याः पक्षाः सम्लिप्ताः

• समकक्ष्या: having even/level armpit/side-region; evenly proportioned at the flanks
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कक्ष्या
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; समा कक्ष्या यस्याः/यस्याः

• व्यतिकीर्णमांसा: whose flesh is well-spread/firmly distributed (well-filled)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मांस
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; ‘व्यतिकीर्ण’ (वि+अति+कीर्ण) इति विशेषणेन मांस उपलक्षितम्; बहुव्रीहिः—यस्याः मांसं व्यतिकीर्णम् (विततम्/विसृतम्)

• समतल्पतला: whose underside/bed-surface (belly/underpart) is even and level
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तल
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; ‘सम’ + ‘तल्प’ + ‘तल’ (तल्पतल = शय्यास्थानतल/अधोभाग) ; बहुव्रीहिः—यस्याः तल्पतलं समम्

• जातद्रोणिका: having a ‘dronikā’ feature (a trough/bowl-like mark or depression)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्रोणिका
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; ‘जात’ (उत्पन्न/प्रकट) + द्रोणिका

• इति: thus; as follows
• Type: Particle
• Root: इति
• Form: अव्ययम्; उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थकं

• शोभाः: beauties; auspicious features/marks
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोभा
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम्; विधेयपदम्—‘(एताः) शोभाः’

Entities Mentioned

• inspectors
• court/stables

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FAQs

Why would an administrative manual include ‘beauty’ criteria?

Because appearance correlates with health and conditioning, and also matters for ceremonial legitimacy and royal prestige—both are state interests.