Thief
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Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
Human predatory wrongdoer paired with wild animals as a danger to be repelled/crushed.
and therewith the thief, the serpent, the sorcerer, and also the wolf.
Let the wolf rush away by the farthest path, let the thief rush away by the far path;
Kātyāyana Smṛti
Persons who commit theft, subject to mutilation, banishment, forced labor, or death depending on circumstances, with the king bearing restitution liability when they are not caught.
If property is exacted from a non-thief by those engaged in searching for thieves, upon the real thief being found, they shall be made to pay double that amount.
An unlearned priest or an unstable teacher—having punished both with the punishment of a thief, one should set them on the right path.
With whatever limb a thief commits an offense against another, the king should cut off that limb, so that he may not do so again.