Sutra 18
Devanagari script
तस्याः शतपदादूर्ध्वं विंशतिः पञ्चाशत् शतमिति पदानि कारयेत् ॥ कZ_०२.१९.१८ ॥
Transliteration
tasyāḥ śatapadādūrdhvaṃ viṃśatiḥ pañcāśat śatamiti padāni kārayet
Translation
اس پر سو کے نشان (شَتَپَد) کے اوپر مزید بیس، پچاس اور سو کے مطابق قدمی نشان (پد) بنوائے۔
Word by Word
तस्याःof that (female/that one’s)
तस्याः:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formsarvanāma; strīliṅga; ṣaṣṭhī ekavacana (gen. sg.)
शतपदात्from (a distance of) a hundred paces/steps
शतपदात्:
TypeNoun
Rootशत + पद
Formnapuṃsakaliṅga; pañcamī ekavacana (abl. sg.); compound: śata-pada = 'hundred steps/feet' (measure)
ऊर्ध्वम्above; beyond; further (than that)
ऊर्ध्वम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootऊर्ध्व
Formavyaya; adverbial usage
विंशतिःtwenty
विंशतिः:
TypeNumeral
Rootविंशति
Formstrīliṅga (numeral); prathamā ekavacana (nom. sg.)
पञ्चाशत्fifty
पञ्चाशत्:
TypeNumeral
Rootपञ्चाशत्
Formstrīliṅga (numeral); prathamā ekavacana (nom. sg.)
शतम्one hundred
शतम्:
TypeNumeral
Rootशत
Formnapuṃsakaliṅga (numeral); prathamā/ dvitīyā ekavacana (nom./acc. sg.)
इतिthus; as follows
इति:
TypeParticle
Rootइति
Formavyaya; quotative/marker of enumeration
पदानिpaces/steps; measures (as steps)
पदानि:
TypeNoun
Rootपद
Formnapuṃsakaliṅga; prathamā bahuvacana (nom. pl.)
कारयेत्should cause to be made; should have arranged/constructed
कारयेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (णिच्)
Formcausative (ṇic) of √kṛ; vidhi-liṅ (optative); parasmaipada; prathama-puruṣa ekavacana
Entities Mentioned
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pada (graduation/mark)Ś
śata (hundred-mark)FAQs
Mandated graduations make measurement transparent and reproducible, allowing inspectors and traders to check accuracy quickly and reducing disputes.