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268 bhukti, bhoga), by purchase (kraya), by contract (saṃvid, vyavahāra), by labour (karma-yoga), by donation (pratigraha), by inheritance (dāya). I note the following:

It is evidence of a somewhat rude state of society that in certain cases a man is allowed to repent of a bargain and to have a contract annulled, thus:

Marriage is regarded as a contract, but the same liberty of annulling is in this case not allowed:

Throughout Eastern countries, especially in ancient times, the insecurity of property has led to two practices little resorted to by the peoples of modern Europe, viz. concealment of valuable articles and the habit of entrusting them for safety to the keeping of others. We can understand,