History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.521

v4.c63.521

3. As the rules about deposit are extended by Nār. (upanidhi verse 14) to articles borrowed or given to artisans for being worked, and to *anvāhita*, *nyāsa* and *pratinyāsa*, in the case of these also there would be ordinarily no bar of limitation. Vide Manu VIII. 145-146, Yāj. II. 58, Viṣṇu Dh. S. VI. 7-8. Here also there are dicta to the contrary. Marīci (q. in Sm. C. II. p. 69 quoted above on p. 326) says that cows, beasts of burden, ornaments and the like borrowed in a friendly way would have to be returned (at the latest) in four or five years, otherwise they are lost. Acc. to Vyāsa⁶⁵⁷ this rule would not apply to what is lent to friends, relatives, brāhmaṇas and the servants of the king on their request.