The institutes of Vishnu (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1880)

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VISIUVU.

VI, I.

VI.
1. A creditor shall receive his principal back from
his debtor exactly as he had lent it to him.
2. (As regards the interest to be paid), he shall
take in the direct order of the castes two, three,
four, or five in the hundred by the month (if no
pledge has been given).
3. Or let debtors of any caste pay as much
interest as has been promised by themselves.
4. After the lapse of one year let them pay
interest according to the above rule, even though
it have not been agreed on.
5. By the use of a pledge (to be kept only)
interest is forfeited.
VI. 2. M. VIII, 142; V. II, 37. -— 1, 2. Colebrooke, Dig. I, 2,
XXXI. — 3. M.VIII, 157 ; Y. II, 38. — 4. Colebrooke, Dig. I, 2,
LIL— 5. M.VIII, 143; Y. II, 59; Gaut. XII, 32; Colebrooke,
Dig. I, 2, LXXVIII. — 6. Y. II, 39 ; Colebrooke, Dig. I, 3,
LXXXII. — 7. M.VIII, 151; Gaut. XII, 31; Colebrooke, Dig. I,
3, CX. — 8. Colebrooke loc. cit. — 9. Colebrooke, Dig. I, 3,
CVII. — 10. Y. II, 44; Colebrooke, Dig. I, 2, LXXVII. — 11-
15. M.VIII, 151 ; Y. II, 39; Gaut. XII, 36; Colebrooke, Dig.
I, 2, LXIV. — 16, 17. Colebrooke, Dig. I, 2, LXX. -—• 18, 19.
M.VIII, 50, 176; Y. II, 40; Colebrooke, Dig. I, 6, CCLII. —
20, 21. M. VIII, 139; Y. II, 42; Colebrooke, Dig. I, 6,
CCLXXVII.—22. Y. II, 20. —24, 25. Y. II, 94; Colebrooke,
Dig. I, 6, CCLXXXIII. — 26. Y. II, 93 ; Colebrooke, Dig. I, 6,
CCLXXXVI. — 27. Y. II, 50; Colebrooke, Dig. I, 5, CLXVIII.
■— 28. Colebrooke, Dig. I, 3, CLXVIII. — 29. Gaut. XII, 40. — 29,
30. Y. II, 31; Colebrooke, Dig. I, 5, CCXX. — 31-33- V. II, 46 ;
Colebrooke, Dig. I, 3, CCVIII. — 34-36- M.VIII, 166; Y. II, 43.
— 38, 39. M.VIII, 166, 167; Y. II, 43; Colebrooke, Dig, I, 5,
CXCIL —41. M.VIII, 138,160; Y. II, 53; Colebrooke, Dig.
I, 4, CXLIV. — 42, 43. Y. II, 33, 56; Colebrooke, Dig. I, 4, CLVI,
CLXI.
1, 2. Colebrooke loc. cit. seems to have translated a different
reading.