बृहत्-पाराशर-होरा-शास्त्रम्
bṛhat-pārāśara-horā-śāstram
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chapter-73, verse-17
अत ऊर्ध्वं तु सामन्तश्चत्वारिंशत् करावधि ।
जनानां शतमारब्य सहस्रावधिपोषकः ॥१७॥
जनानां शतमारब्य सहस्रावधिपोषकः ॥१७॥
17. ata ūrdhvaṃ tu sāmantaścatvāriṃśat karāvadhi .
janānāṃ śatamārabya sahasrāvadhipoṣakaḥ.
janānāṃ śatamārabya sahasrāvadhipoṣakaḥ.
17.
ataḥ ūrdhvam tu sāmantaḥ catvāriṃśat kara-avadhi
janānām śatam ārabya sahasra-avadhi-poṣakaḥ
janānām śatam ārabya sahasra-avadhi-poṣakaḥ
17.
Above this (level), a feudal chief (sāmanta) governs up to forty units of military strength or administration (kara), and supports from a hundred up to a thousand people.
Words meanings summery:
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- अतः (ataḥ) - hence, from this, after this
- ऊर्ध्वम् (ūrdhvam) - upwards, above, after
- तु (tu) - but, indeed, however
- सामन्तः (sāmantaḥ) - a feudal chief, a chieftain, a neighbor
- चत्वारिंशत् (catvāriṁśat) - forty
- कर-अवधि (kara-avadhi) - up to forty units of military strength or administration
- जनानाम् (janānām) - of people, of beings
- शतम् (śatam) - a hundred
- आरब्य (ārabya) - having begun, starting from
- सहस्र-अवधि-पोषकः (sahasra-avadhi-poṣakaḥ) - supporter/maintainer up to a thousand
Words meanings and morphology
अतः (ataḥ) - hence, from this, after this
(indeclinable)
ऊर्ध्वम् (ūrdhvam) - upwards, above, after
(indeclinable)
तु (tu) - but, indeed, however
(indeclinable)
सामन्तः (sāmantaḥ) - a feudal chief, a chieftain, a neighbor
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of sāmanta
sāmanta - feudal chief, chieftain, neighbor, adjacent
चत्वारिंशत् (catvāriṁśat) - forty
(indeclinable)
कर-अवधि (kara-avadhi) - up to forty units of military strength or administration
(noun)
Locative, masculine, singular of kara-avadhi
kara-avadhi - limit of tax/hands/units
Compound type : Tatpurusha (kara+avadhi)
- kara – hand, tax, tribute, ray, unit (of measure/control/military strength)
noun (masculine) - avadhi – limit, boundary, up to, until
noun (masculine)
Note: used adverbially
जनानाम् (janānām) - of people, of beings
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of jana
jana - person, man, creature, people
शतम् (śatam) - a hundred
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of śata
śata - a hundred
आरब्य (ārabya) - having begun, starting from
(indeclinable)
Absolutive (Gerund)
formed from prefix ā- + root RABH (to seize, begin) + ya
Prefix: ā
Root: rabh (class 1)
सहस्र-अवधि-पोषकः (sahasra-avadhi-poṣakaḥ) - supporter/maintainer up to a thousand
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of sahasra-avadhi-poṣaka
sahasra-avadhi-poṣaka - one who supports up to a thousand
Compound type : Tatpurusha (sahasra+avadhi+poṣaka)
- sahasra – a thousand
noun (neuter) - avadhi – limit, boundary, up to
noun (masculine) - poṣaka – supporter, nourisher, maintainer, fosterer
noun (masculine)