[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) › c8.37 # Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) c8.37 Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) c8.37 - **Language:** English ### [c8.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c8.37) The boundary line is either visible (\*prakāśa\*) or secret (\*aprakāśa\*). By visible boundary generally the boundary marks (\*setu\*) are meant, which according to M.8, 245 are best visible in summer when the sun has scorched all grass and plants; the proper meaning of \*setu\* is “dike, ridge of earth” as the dikes are specially mentioned as boundary marks and even to-day, e. g. in Behar, they serve to indicate the boundaries of a field ². - [Previous: c8.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c8.36) - [Next: c8.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c8.38) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c8) ## Cites (1) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.8.245) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c8.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c8.37) · Pramāṇa