History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.344

v4.c63.344

538a The printed text of Nār. IV. 236 reads चोदना प्रतिकालं च as separate words. The Sm. C. II. p. 52 explains that as meaning 'pressing or urging the debtor three, four or five times in the presence of third persons without the debtor protesting against the demand'. The Madanaratna and V. P. p. 168 appear to read ' चोदनाप्रतिकालश्च (equal to चोदना+अप्रतिकाल) and interpret 'if there is no denial or protest (by the debtor) when the creditor frequently demands the debt, then the court may presume that he is a debtor'. The Madanaratna explains 'चोदनाप्रतिकालः बहुकृत्वो धनं मे देहीति प्रेरणाया अप्रतिकालः अनिborderकरणम् '