[271] Manu, ch. 8, sl. 222.

[272] The Commentator explains this to refer to slaves.

[273] Supra, [p. 7.]

[274] These facts are related, says the Commentator, as an index to or test of the honesty of metal-workers.

[275] Made into coarse thread. (M.)

[276] This sloka, as appears from the Commentary, is in allusion to the loss on working or manufacture of textile fabrics mentioned in the previous slokas.

[277] or given or pledged. (M.)

[278] The slavery or servitude being to secure or work out a debt.

[279] e.g. a bráhmaṇ cannot be slave to a kshattriya. Manu, ch. 8, sl. 410—15.

[280] scil. medicine or handicraft. (M.)