Sutra 6

Devanagari script

औपवाह्योऽष्टविध आचरणः कुञ्जराउपवाह्यो धोरण आधानगतिको यष्ट्युपवाह्यस्तोत्रोपवाह्यः शुद्धोपवाह्यो मार्गयुकश्चेति ॥ कZ_०२.३२.०६ ॥

Transliteration

aupavāhyo'ṣṭavidha ācaraṇaḥ kuñjarāupavāhyo dhoraṇa ādhānagatiko yaṣṭyupavāhyastotropavāhyaḥ śuddhopavāhyo mārgayukaś ceti

Translation

ປະເພດສໍາລັບຂີ່/ຂົນສົ່ງ ມີຮູບແບບການໃຊ້/ການປະພຶດ 8 ຢ່າງ: ປະເພດຂົນສົ່ງດ້ວຍຊ້າງ (kuñjara), ປະເພດ dhoraṇa, ປະເພດການບັນທຸກແລະການເຄື່ອນໄຫວ, ປະເພດນໍາທາງດ້ວຍໄມ້ຄໍາ, ປະເພດນໍາທາງດ້ວຍຄໍາສັນລະເສີນ/ການຂັບຮ້ອງ, ປະເພດບໍລິສຸດ/ມັ່ນຄົງ, ແລະປະເພດທີ່ຝຶກຕາມເສັ້ນທາງ (ແລະອື່ນໆ ໃຫ້ຄົບ 8 ຊື່ຍ່ອຍ).

Word by Word

• aupavāhyaḥ: a riding/transport (elephant)
• Type: Adjective (used as noun)
• Root: upavāhya (from upa√vah)
• Form: puṃliṅgaḥ, prathamā-ekavacanam; viśeṣaṇa (of ācaraṇaḥ)

• aṣṭa-vidhaḥ: eightfold; of eight kinds
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aṣṭan + vidha
• Form: puṃliṅgaḥ, prathamā-ekavacanam; viśeṣaṇa (of ācaraṇaḥ)

• ācaraṇaḥ: practice; mode of handling/usage
• Type: Noun
• Root: ā√car + lyuṭ (ācaraṇa)
• Form: puṃliṅgaḥ, prathamā-ekavacanam

• kuñjara-upavāhyaḥ: the ‘kuñjara’ riding/transport type
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: kuñjara + upavāhya (from upa√vah)
• Form: puṃliṅgaḥ, prathamā-ekavacanam; ācaraṇa-bhedaḥ

• dhoraṇaḥ: the ‘dhoraṇa’ type
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhoraṇa
• Form: puṃliṅgaḥ, prathamā-ekavacanam; ācaraṇa-bhedaḥ

• ādhāna-gatikaḥ: the ‘ādhāna-gatika’ type
• Type: Adjective (used as noun)
• Root: ādhāna + gatika
• Form: puṃliṅgaḥ, prathamā-ekavacanam; ācaraṇa-bhedaḥ

• yaṣṭi-upavāhyaḥ: the ‘yaṣṭi-upavāhya’ type
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: yaṣṭi + upavāhya (from upa√vah)
• Form: puṃliṅgaḥ, prathamā-ekavacanam; ācaraṇa-bhedaḥ

• stotra-upavāhyaḥ: the ‘stotra-upavāhya’ type
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: stotra + upavāhya (from upa√vah)
• Form: puṃliṅgaḥ, prathamā-ekavacanam; ācaraṇa-bhedaḥ

• śuddha-upavāhyaḥ: the ‘śuddha-upavāhya’ type
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: śuddha + upavāhya (from upa√vah)
• Form: puṃliṅgaḥ, prathamā-ekavacanam; ācaraṇa-bhedaḥ

• mārga-yukaḥ: the ‘route/road-assigned’ type
• Type: Adjective (used as noun)
• Root: mārga + yuka
• Form: puṃliṅgaḥ, prathamā-ekavacanam; ācaraṇa-bhedaḥ

• ca: and
• Type: Particle
• Root: ca
• Form: samuccaya-nipātaḥ

• iti: thus; so (ending the list)
• Type: Particle
• Root: iti
• Form: iti-śabdaḥ; saṃgraha/quotative

Entities Mentioned

• transport elephants
• handlers/mahouts (implied)

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FAQs

What is the political-administrative point of classifying transport elephants by 'mode of conduct'?

It ties deployment to controllability: the state assigns animals to tasks based on the control method and reliability needed (routes, loads, handler inputs).