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161 VYAVAHĀRAMAYŪKHA [ S. VI. 6-10
[ M. p. 117 ll. 2-30
' Pratinyāsaḥ '¹ is when the owner deposits with a person who redeposits it
with another ² Kātyāyana ordains the restoration in certain cases of deposit
made to an artisan even when it was destroyed by an act of fate or the king
' If an artisan agrees to work up a deposit in a definite number of days
and keeps it with him beyond those days he should be made to pay ( the
price of ) it even if it were gone ( lost ) through the act of fate '
Nārada ( pp 150--151 vv 8-9 ) says
Wearing apparel loses the eighth part of its value on being washed once
( for the first time ) the fourth part ( on being washed ) twice ( for the
second time ) the third part ( on being washed ) for the third time and
one-half on being washed for the fourth time. After one half of the
original value is lost one fourth of the value will be reduced in order
'( for each further washing )'³
Yājñavalkya ( II 288 ) says
A washerman on wearing the garments of another ( handed to him for
washing ) shall be fined three panas and ten panas in cases of sale
hiring out pledge loan for use ( without hire ).
Avakrayaḥ means delivery to another for hire ādhānaṃ
means making a pledge of it The same author ( Yājñavalkya II 178 )
states the rules about the reduction ( of weight ) in metals other than gold
when they are heated in fire
Gold is not reduced ( in weight ) by fire in silver ( the reduction ) is
two palas in a hundred in tin and lead it is eight ( palas in a hundred)
and in copper it is five and in iron ten

• In the case of reduction ( in weight ) of silver and the rest exceed-
  ing these ( limits ) the goldsmith and others are to be fined. The same
  author ( Yāj. II 179 ) declares a special rule as to increase ( in weight ) in
  certain cases when yarn has been given for ( being woven into ) cloth
  In the case of woollen and cotton yarns the increase ( in the weight )
  is ten palas in a hundred in ( cloth of ) middling quality it is five
  palas ( in one hundred palas ), in ( cloth of ) fine quality it is declared
  to be three palas ( in one hundred )
  The same author ( Yāj. II 180 ) declares that there is a reduction ( of
  weight in cloth ) in certain cases
  A reduction of a thirtieth part is allowed in the case of cloth on which
  figures are drawn and of cloth embroidered with hair there is neither reduc-
  tion nor increase ( of weight ) in the case of silken cloth or bark cloth.
  1 According to the Mit. on Yāj. II. 67 pratinyāsa is a mutual deposit, both sides
  delivering articles for safe custody as occasion arises. The Mayūkha takes it in the sense
  of a deposit of a deposited article
  2 Compare section 101 of the Indian Contract Act
  3 If clothes are washed only once and then lost by the washerman, he has to pay
  their price minus one-eighth.
  P 131 ( text )