Sutra 15

Devanagari script

तत आशताद्दशोत्तरं कारयेत् ॥ कZ_०२.१९.१५ ॥

Transliteration

tata āśatāddaśottaraṃ kārayet

Translation

Sau đó, ông ta nên cho làm (các quả cân) theo bậc mười vượt quá một trăm (tức các mệnh giá cao hơn mốc 100).

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter; from that (point)
• Type: Pronoun/Adverbial (ablative used adverbially)
• Root: तद्
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक ‘तद्’; पञ्चमी एकवचनम् (ablative sg), अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगः ‘ततः’ = ‘thereafter/from that’

• आशतात्: from the estimate/expected amount
• Type: Noun
• Root: आ-शा (आशा)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग ‘आशा’; पञ्चमी एकवचनम् (ablative sg) — ‘from/than expectation (estimate)’

• दशोत्तरम्: an additional ten (over and above); ten more
• Type: Adjective (numeral-based)
• Root: दश + उत्तर
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्; ‘दशोत्तर’ = ‘ten more (than that)’; कर्म-विशेषणम् (object-qualifier)

• कारयेत्: he should cause (it) to be done; should have (it) imposed/collected
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (कारयति)
• Form: धातु: कृ; णिच् (causative) ‘कारय-’; विधिलिङ् (optative) परस्मैपदम्; प्रथमपुरुषः एकवचनम् — ‘he should cause to be done/should have (it) made/levied’

Entities Mentioned

• treasury
• warehouse/commerce administration (implied)

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FAQs

What administrative need is served by extending standards beyond 100?

Bulk procurement, taxation in kind, and warehouse accounting require reliable high-capacity weights to prevent leakage and disputes.