Sutra 17
Devanagari script
परवस्त्रविक्रयावक्रयाधानेषु च द्वादशपणो दण्डः परिवर्तने मूल्यद्विगुणो वस्त्रदानं च ॥ कZ_०४.१.१७ ॥
Transliteration
paravastravikrayāvakrayādhāneṣu ca dvādaśapaṇo daṇḍaḥ parivartane mūlyadviguṇo vastradānaṃ ca
Translation
凡出售、购买或质押他人衣布者，罚十二波那。若以次易好（调包替换），则罚其价之二倍，并须交还（原）衣布。
Word by Word
पर-वस्त्र-विक्रय-अवक्रय-आधानेषुin (cases of) selling another’s cloth, repurchasing it, and pledging it
पर-वस्त्र-विक्रय-अवक्रय-आधानेषु:
TypeNoun
Rootवस्त्र; √क्री (विक्रय/अवक्रय); √धा (आधान)
Formसप्तमी-बहुवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; अधिकरण (locative of occasion): ‘in the matters of …’
चand
च:
TypeParticle
Rootच
Formसमुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (coordinative)
द्वादश-पणःtwelve paṇas
द्वादश-पणः:
TypeNoun
Rootपण
Formप्रथमा-एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग; विशेषण (numeral measure) agreeing with दण्डः
दण्डःthe fine/penalty
दण्डः:
TypeNoun
Rootदण्ड
Formप्रथमा-एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग; विधेय (predicate nominative): ‘the penalty/fine (is)’
परिवर्तनेin (the case of) exchange/substitution
परिवर्तने:
TypeNoun
Rootपरिवर्तन
Formसप्तमी-एकवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; अधिकरण: ‘in the case of exchange/substitution’
मूल्य-द्विगुणःdouble the value (as fine)
मूल्य-द्विगुणः:
TypeNoun (used adjectivally)
Rootमूल्य; द्वि; गुण
Formप्रथमा-एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग; विशेषण of दण्डः understood: ‘(fine) equal to double the value’
वस्त्र-दानम्and giving (i.e., restitution of) the cloth
वस्त्र-दानम्:
TypeNoun
Rootवस्त्र; दान
Formप्रथमा-एकवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; additional imposition coordinated by च
चalso/and
च:
TypeParticle
Rootच
Formसमुच्चयार्थक अव्यय
Entities Mentioned
T
traders (implied)B
buyers/sellers (implied)P
pledge-holders (implied)FAQs
Punitive damages (2× value) plus restitution (return of the cloth), ensuring both deterrence and victim recovery.