India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s13.18

c8.s13.18

*naubhiḥ krītaḥ*; V.4.99). A trader would own either the whole cargo boat or was sharing only a part of its merchandise. The cargo of 'half-a-boat' as well as its sale proceeds would be called *ardha-nāva* (*Ardhāchcha*, V.4.100).