Sutra 13
Devanagari script
तेन कूटश्रावणकारका व्याख्याताः ॥ कZ_०४.४.१३ ॥
Transliteration
tena kūṭaśrāvaṇakārakā vyākhyātāḥ
Translation
依此（程序与刑罚），凡捏造“听闻”（即编造自称听到的报告/说法）者亦在此列。
Word by Word
तेनby that; thereby; with that (statement/means)
तेन:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formसर्वनाम-शब्दः; तृतीया-एकवचनम्; नपुंसकलिङ्गम् (instrumental sg. of tad)
कूटश्रावणकारकाःthe fabricators/agents of false reports (false ‘hearing’)
कूटश्रावणकारकाः:
TypeNoun
Rootकारक (कृ)
Formपुंलिङ्गः; प्रथमा-बहुवचनम्; समासः = कूटश्रावणस्य कारकाः (makers/agents of false hearing/report)
व्याख्याताःhave been explained/defined (are thereby accounted for)
व्याख्याताः:
TypeParticiple
Rootवि-आ-ख्या (व्याख्या)
Formभूतकृदन्तः (क्त); प्रथमा-बहुवचनम्; पुंलिङ्गः; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः—‘explained/defined’
Entities Mentioned
K
kūṭaśrāvaṇakāraka (fabricator of 'heard' testimony)FAQs
A rule-extension clause: the same investigative method and sanction apply to a closely related category of wrongdoing.