Thief
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in the texts
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.
## Theft
For a theft in a house, the king shall make the thief-catchers pay.
and those who conceal them, are all remembered as liable for the same punishment.