Arthashastra 3.12.32: Dharmasthiya, Adhyaya 12, Sutra 32
Devanagari script
एतेन वैयावृत्यविक्रयो व्याख्यातः ॥
Transliteration
etena vaiyāvṛtya-vikrayo vyākhyātaḥ
Translation
इसी तरह एजेंट के ज़रिये माल बेचने का भी काम समझ लो। एजेंट जो करेगा वो उपनिधि जैसा ही होगा।
Word by Word
एतेनby this; by means of this (rule/statement)
एतेन:
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
Formसर्वनाम-शब्दः; तृतीया-एकवचनम्; नपुंसकलिङ्गम् (करणे)
वैयावृत्यविक्रयःthe sale (contracting out) of service/labour
वैयावृत्यविक्रयः:
TypeNoun
Rootविक्रय (√क्री)
Formपुंलिङ्गः; प्रथमा-एकवचनम्; समासः = वैयावृत्यस्य विक्रयः
Compoundतत्पुरुष (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)
In statecraftsale/alienation of a person’s labour/service (hired service) treated as a kind of transaction
व्याख्यातःhas been explained; is hereby explained
व्याख्यातः:
TypeVerb (past passive participle)
Rootवि-आ-√ख्या
Formकृदन्तः (क्त-प्रत्ययान्तः); पुंलिङ्गः; प्रथमा-एकवचनम्; कर्मणि प्रयोगः; ‘explained/expounded’
Sandhi Notes
- एतेन वैयावृत्यविक्रयो व्याख्यातः इति पदच्छेदः
- ‘वैयावृत्यविक्रयः’ समासपदं (वैयावृत्यस्य विक्रयः) इति विग्रहः
Entities Mentioned
A
agent/intermediaryP
principalPrakarana (topic)
Agency/commission sale analogized to upanidhi rules
Governance domain
Commercial law (agency)
Words in this sutra
- etena
- by this (rule/method)
- vaiyāvṛtya
- service/agency/commission work
- vikraya
- sale
- vyākhyātaḥ
- explained/covered
वैयावृत्यविक्रय
FAQs
Rules developed for entrusted deposits are applied by analogy to commission/agency-based sales.
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