Manusmriti 8.151
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 8.151
- Language
- Sanskrit
8.151
kusīdavṛddhir dvaiguṇyaṃ nātyeti sakṛd
dhānye sade lave vāhye nātikrāmati pañcatām //
In money transactions interest paid at one time (not by instalments) shall never exceed the double (of the principal); on grain, fruit, wool or hair, (and) beasts of burden it must not be more than five times (the original amount).
Translations (1)
- The Laws of Manu — Georg Bühler 1886, English
Commentaries (7)
- Manuṭīkā — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- Manuvākyālaṅkāriṇī — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- Manvāśrayānusāriṇī — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- Manubhāṣya — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- Manvarthamuktāvalī — Kullūka Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Manvarthacandrikā — Rāghavānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
- Mānavāryabhāṣya — Sanskrit
Linked texts (3)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- The History and Culture of the Indian People — R. C. Majumdar & A. D. Pusalker, English
- Social and Rural Economy of Northern India, cir. 600 B.C.–200 A.D. — Atindranath Bose, English