History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.813.1

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*Krayavikrayānuśaya* (repentance after purchase or sale). Manu VIII. 222 and Kauṭ. III. 15 regard this as one title of law. But Nār. (XI and XII) splits this into two titles viz. *vikriyāsampradāna* (non-delivery of a thing after it is sold for a price) and *krītvānuśaya* (repentance after buying). Manu states the general rule that whenever a person after buying or selling anything repents of having done so, he may return or take back that thing within ten days. Nār. XI. 2 states that property is of two kinds in this world viz. movable and immovable and that all property is designated as *paṇya* (saleable) in rules about purchase and sale. According to Yāj. II. 254, Nār. XI. 4-5, Viṣṇu Dh. S. V. 127⁸⁶⁰, if a man sells property and does not deliver it to the purchaser, he should be made to deliver it to the purchaser together with profits (between the time of sale and delivery) and if it is movable together with the price of profits arising⁸⁶¹ from it (such as milk in the case of a cow). Viṣṇu Dh. S. V. 128 prescribes a fine of 100 paṇas against the vendor. Kauṭ. III.