History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c20.91

v2.c20.91

Āp. Dh. S. (I. 7. 20. 14–15)²⁸⁴ states the general rule that exchange or barter also of those articles that are forbidden to be sold cannot be resorted to, but adds that barter is allowed of foods with foods, of slaves with slaves, of fragrant things with other fragrant things, of one kind of learning with another. Gaut.²⁸⁵ (VII. 16–21) allows the exchange of *rasas* with *rasas*, of domestic animals with other domestic animals, of cooked food with an equal measure of uncooked food for immediate use, but forbids the barter of salt, cooked food and sesame with other articles. Manu (X. 94) allows the exchange of one *rasa* (liquid like molasses) with another (like ghee), of cooked food with uncooked food, of sesame with an equal quantity of other corn, but does not allow the barter of salt for any *rasa*. Vas. Dh. S. (II. 37–39) has rules similar to Manu and Āp.²⁸⁶