Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) c8.33

c8.33

² Meyer (Rechtsschriften p. 124) has translated this passage of Y. in quite a different manner and makes it yield a meaning which in his opinion proves Y.'s dependence on Kauṭ. who lays down that fields should be taken away from idle owners. But Meyer's translation is based on a highly improbable interpretation of the word phālāhata. Tr.