Sutra 8

Devanagari script

स्थलपथो वारिपथश्च वणिक्पथः ॥ कZ_०२.६.०८ ॥

Transliteration

sthalapatho vāripathaśca vaṇikpathaḥ

Translation

The merchants’ routes (vaṇik-patha) are: the land route and the water route.

Word by Word

• स्थलपथः: land route / overland road
• Type: Noun
• Root: पथ
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; समासः—स्थलस्य पथः (स्थल + पथ)

• वारिपथः: water route / river-sea route
• Type: Noun
• Root: पथ
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; समासः—वारिणः पथः (वारि + पथ)

• च: and
• Type: Particle
• Root: च
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः

• वणिक्पथः: merchant route / trade route
• Type: Noun
• Root: पथ
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; समासः—वणिजः पथः (वणिक् + पथ)

Entities Mentioned

• Merchants
• Land-route administration
• Water-route administration

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FAQs

Why reduce trade routes to just land and water?

For administration: it creates two auditable corridor-types for security provisioning, toll design, and logistics planning.