Administrative System of the Marathas c19.s3.t6.15

c19.s3.t6.15

Boundary disputes between two villages were often settled by ordeal. One of the Patils walked on the right boundary with a cow's hide on the head; here also a fixed period was allowed to elapse for the manifestation of divine confirmation. But the Patil had afterwards to undergo a Prayashchitta for defiling his body.¹⁸ 13. *Nivad patra and Watan patra:*