Sutra 34

Devanagari script

कोद्रववरकोदारकप्रियङ्गूणां त्रिगुणमन्नं चतुर्गुणं व्रीहीणाम् पञ्चगुणं शालीनाम् ॥ कZ_०२.१५.३४ ॥

Transliteration

kodrava-varaka-udāraka-priyaṅgūṇāṃ triguṇam annaṃ caturguṇaṃ vrīhīṇām pañcaguṇaṃ śālīnām

Translation

کودرَو، ورَک، اُدارَک اور پریَنگو کے لیے پکا ہوا اَنّ (اَنّ) تین گنا؛ وریہی کے لیے چار گنا؛ اور شالی کے لیے پانچ گنا شمار ہو۔

Word by Word

• कोद्रव-वरक-उदारक-प्रियङ्गूणाम्: of kodrava, varaka, udāraka and priyaṅgu (types of grains)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोद्रव/वरक/उदारक/प्रियङ्गु
• Form: षष्ठी-बहुवचनम् (genitive plural); समाहार-गणना: ‘of kodrava, varaka, udāraka, and priyaṅgu’

• त्रिगुणम्: threefold; three times
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुण
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया-एकवचनम्; ‘threefold / three times’ (agreeing with अन्नम्)

• अन्नम्: food; grain-ration
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया-एकवचनम्; कर्म/प्रमाणवाच्यं (the quantity of food)

• च: and
• Type: Particle
• Root: च
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम्; links the successive multipliers

• चतुर्गुणम्: fourfold; four times
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुण
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया-एकवचनम्; ‘fourfold / four times’ (elliptically with अन्नम्)

• व्रीहीणाम्: of rice (paddy)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रीहि
• Form: षष्ठी-बहुवचनम् (genitive plural); ‘of rice (paddy)’

• पञ्चगुणम्: fivefold; five times
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुण
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया-एकवचनम्; ‘fivefold / five times’ (elliptically with अन्नम्)

• शालीनाम्: of śāli rice (fine rice)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शालि
• Form: षष्ठी-बहुवचनम् (genitive plural); ‘of śāli-rice (fine rice)’

Entities Mentioned

• kodrava
• varaka
• udāraka
• priyaṅgu
• anna (cooked meal)
• vrīhi (rice)
• śāli (fine rice)

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FAQs

Why would śāli (fine rice) have a higher cooked multiplier than general vrīhi?

Fine rice typically yields more desirable/expanded cooked output per unit input (and is costlier); the state fixes multipliers to standardize issue and valuation by quality.