Sutra 13
Devanagari script
तेन समाह्वयो व्याख्यातः अन्यत्र विद्याशिल्पसमाह्वयात् । इति ॥ कZ_०३.२०.१३ ॥
Transliteration
tena samāhvayo vyākhyātaḥ anyatra vidyāśilpa-samāhvayāt | iti
Translation
Thus ‘samāhvaya’ (a wagered contest) has been explained—except for contests of learning and craft/skill. End.
Word by Word
तेनby that; thereby
तेन:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formसर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; तृतीया-एकवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग (instrumental singular: 'by/with that')
समाह्वयःthe (legal) summons/challenge; the procedure called ‘samāhvaya’
समाह्वयः:
TypeNoun
Rootसम्-आ-√ह्वा (आह्वान) / समाह्वय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन
व्याख्यातःhas been explained; has been set forth
व्याख्यातः:
TypeVerb (PPP used predicatively)
Rootवि-आ-√ख्या
Formकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन; ‘(समाह्वयः) व्याख्यातः’ = ‘has been explained’
अन्यत्रelsewhere; apart from; except
अन्यत्र:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्यत्र
Formअव्यय; ‘elsewhere/except (from)’
विद्याशिल्पसमाह्वयात्from the ‘samāhvaya’ concerning learning and crafts (i.e., a different kind of challenge/contest)
विद्याशिल्पसमाह्वयात्:
TypeNoun
Rootविद्या + शिल्प + समाह्वय
Formसमास: ‘विद्या-शिल्प-समाह्वय’ (विद्यायाः शिल्पस्य च समाह्वयः / विद्याशिल्पयोः समाह्वयः); पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी-एकवचन (ablative singular): ‘from the samāhvaya relating to learning and crafts’
इतिthus; so (ends the statement)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
Formअव्यय; वाक्य-समाप्त्यर्थक/उद्धरण-चिह्न
Entities Mentioned
V
vidyā (learning)Ś
śilpa (craft/skill)FAQs
Because they are framed as merit/skill-based competitions rather than gambling-driven disputes; the state’s fraud-and-disorder rationale is weaker, so a separate treatment is implied.