viSezayati
viśeṣayati (see BR s.v. śiṣ- plus vi-, caus. ; not quite the same mgs. ), tests, examines (for proficiency): in LV 145.21 (prose) acc. to Tib. vies, contends , (śākyakumārā … bodhisattvena) sārdhaṃ lipiṃ viśeṣayanti sma, Tib. yi ge ḥgran to , vied, contended (about) writing ; but perhaps better, tested (skill in) writing , as in the next two; viśiṣyatāṃ tāvat kumāro lipijñāne, saṃkhyājñāne kumāro viśeṣayitavyo jijñāsyaś ca LV 146.8—9 , let it be granted that the prince is superior in knowledge of writing; let him be tested for proficiency and examined in numbers ( Tib. for the two gdves. khyad par ci yod ḥgran par bya-ḥo ); yuddhena tāvat kumāro viśeṣayitavyo jijñāsyaś ca 152.8 ( Tib. for gdves. khyad par ci yod pa ḥaṅ sad par bya-ḥo ; sad pa = try, test ).