Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) c8.118

c8.118

§ 30. Deposit and treasure trove. The development of the law of deposits is expressive of the universal insecurity of person and property. Bṛh. 12, 2 speaks of fear of king, robbers etc. and the purpose of cheating one's co-heirs as motives for a deposit. A deposit (*nikṣepa*, *upanidhi*, *nyāsa*) may either be open or closed; the closing is usually performed by sealing up the deposit or keeping it in a casket or a bag. Also a deposit received from a third person (*anvādhi*, *anvāhita*), a deposit handed over in the absence of the house-holder to his family or servants (*nyāsa*), a thing lent for use in a festival etc. (*yācita*, *yācitaka*), that which is given to a merchant for business purposes or to an artizan for him to work upon, mutual deposits (*pratinyāsa*) and other kinds of deposits are mentioned (Nār. 2, 14 f.; Bṛh. 12, 15; Kāty. 11, 1¹.)