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Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c9.s4.3

Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c9.s4.3

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c9.s4.3

The term which appears in the Jain texts is *vaddhi*, meaning profit or interest. *Gāhāvai* Ānanda of Vāṇiyagāma is said to have kept four crores of gold for lending on interest.²²

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