[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896) › c8.129 # Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) c8.129 Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) c8.129 - **Language:** English ### [c8.129](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c8.129) In the poetical literature the Mṛcch. offers us a well-known instance of a deposit, the depositing of ornament (\*alaṃkāraṇyāsa\*); the ornament is then stolen and the depositary holds himself bound to make amends for it. In the Rājatar. 8,123 ff. a king famous for his accurate judgments uses a stratagem of the kind of tricks recommended in the Smṛtis in order to arrive at a clue in a case of embezzlement of a large sum which the owner had deposited with a merchant; the convincing proof of the faithlessness of the depositary (\*nyāsadhārin\*) - [Previous: c8.128](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c8.128) - [Next: c8.130](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c8.130) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c8) ## Cites (2) - [Rājataraṅgiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini) — Kalhaṇa, Sanskrit - [Mṛcchakaṭika](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.prakarana.mrcchakatika) — Śūdraka, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c8.129](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c8.129) · Pramāṇa