Treasure trove
object · 3 works · 3 mentions · 3 anchored passages
fruitless wealth · hidden treasure · sudden acquisition of wealth by a poor person · treasure · treasure troves · treasure-trove
in the texts
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
The valuable object brought by Jātavedas (Agni) and handed over in the assembly.
O companions of the assembly, I hand over to you this one whom Jātavedas has brought as a treasure-trove;
Kātyāyana Smṛti
Unclaimed or suspicious wealth that becomes an object of royal investigation and possible confiscation.
treasure troves, fruitless wealth, and the sudden acquisition of wealth by a poor person—the king, having been well-informed of these by his spies, should suppress them himself.
Nāradasmṛti
Hidden wealth found by a person, which must be reported to the king under threat of being deemed theft.
Having found a treasure hidden by another, one should present it to the king.
A Brāhmaṇa, upon finding a treasure, should also quickly report it to the king.
Likewise, having found one's own lost property, one should report it to the king.