Sutra 14

Devanagari script

वर्णसंघातः पदम् ॥ कZ_०२.१०.१४ ॥

Transliteration

varṇasaṃghātaḥ padam

Translation

حروف کا مجموعہ ‘پد’ (لفظ) ہے۔

Word by Word

• वर्णसंघातः: a collection/cluster of letters (i.e., an aggregate of phonemes)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ण; संघात
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; समासः = वर्णानां संघातः

• पदम्: a word
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन

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Why define ‘word’ in an administrative treatise?

To ground later rules of composition and verification—what counts as a unit in writing, copying, and error-checking.