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the amount (duguna) every day.1 The debtors being unable to repay the debt were severely treated by the Vaņiks, and physical pressure such as beating with whips and lashes was also used to receive the money back. The debtors unable in repaying the debts were usually made to work as slaves." Sometimes, however, the creditors relieved the debtors after receiving only the partial payment of the debt.*
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1. NC. 3, p. 394, also p. 340.
2. झंझडिया रिणे अदिज्ज॑ते वणिएहिं अगपगारेहिं दुव्त्रयणेहिं झडिया झंझंडिया, लताकfear-NC. 3, p. 270.
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3. NC. 3, p. 263. See supra-Slaves and Servants.
4. अद्धपदत्ते दाणेण तोसिएण धणिएण विसज्जितो, “पभु" त्ति धणितो, सव्वम्मि अदिन्ने तेण विसज्जितो पव्वाविज्जति - NC. 3, p. 270.
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