Devanagari scriptसाम्नाह्यः सप्तक्रियापथ उपस्थानं संवर्तनं सम्यानं वधावधो हस्तियुद्धं नागरायणं सांग्रामिकं च ॥ कZ_०२.३२.०४ ॥
Transliterationsāmnāhyaḥ saptakriyāpatha upasthānaṃ saṃvartanaṃ samyānaṃ vadhāvadho hastiyuddhaṃ nāgarāyaṇaṃ sāṃgrāmikaṃ ca
Translationसाम्नाह्यः सप्तक्रियापथः—उपस्थानं, संवर्तनं, सम्यानं, वधावधः, हस्तियुद्धं, नागरायणं, सांग्रामिकं च।
Word by Wordसाम्नाह्यःthe ‘sāmnāhya’ (so-called) maneuvers/operations क्रियापथःa course/mode of action (maneuver) उपस्थानम्approaching / taking position near (the opponent) संवर्तनम्turning about / wheeling (a maneuver) सम्यानम्advancing/going in formation (a coordinated movement) वधkilling / striking down अवधःnon-killing / preventing a kill (counter-maneuver) हस्तियुद्धम्elephant-fighting / elephant warfare नागरायणम्the ‘nāgarāyaṇa’ type (a named method/formation) of elephant warfare सांग्रामिकम्martial / pertaining to battle 
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Doctrine standardization: training and evaluation become measurable when maneuvers are enumerated as discrete competencies.