Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s11.659

v1.c3.s11.659

Kusīdin is a designation of the ‘usurer’ found in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa¹ and the Nirukta,² and often in the Sūtras. Jolly,³ referring doubtless to the expression kusīda apratitta,⁴ ‘a loan not yet repaid,’ occurring in connexion with an-ṛṇa, ‘free from debt,’ appears to be right in taking Kusīda to have the sense of ‘loan’ in the Taittirīya Saṃhitā. The rate of interest on loans is not specified before the Sūtra period.⁵ Cf. Ṛṇa.