[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v1.c3.s6.36 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s6.36 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s6.36 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s6.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.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. - [Previous: v1.c3.s6.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s6.35) - [Next: v1.c3.s6.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s6.37) - [Up: v1.c3.s6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s6) ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.10.34) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s6.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s6.36) · Pramāṇa