Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s6.36

v1.c3.s6.36

The result of non-payment of a debt might be very serious: the dicer might fall into slavery.⁵ Debtors, like other malefactors, such as thieves, were frequently bound by their creditors to posts (dru-pada),⁶ presumably as a means of putting pressure on them or their friends to pay up the debt.