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& M. p. 142 l 17-p. 143 l 10 \end{aligned}\right]$ THEFT AND ROBBERY 257
king's officers. Those who, by repairing and polishing articles of small value,
(make them appear as of great value and deceive the ignorant should be
fined in proportion to the gain (made by them). Those who make false gold,
false jewels, false coral and the like should be made to return to the purchaser
the price and to the king a fine double (of the price of the article they
professed to sell). If arbitrators cheat (either party) through friendship
or covetousness or the like motive and if witnesses give false evidence,
they should be made to pay a fine double (of the claim).
*Vyāsa says
'Those, who stealthily move about at night, furnished with tools (for
robbery) and whose places of residence are not known, should be known as
secret thieves.'
The same author (Vyāsa) says
A pick-pocket, a house-breaker, a highway robber, a cut-purse, he who
steals women, men, cows, horses and other animals—these are declared
to be nine kinds of thieves$^1$
'Sandhi' means 'the joint of a wall and the like' Yājñavalkya (II. 274)
says :
The pickpocket and the cutpurse should be deprived of their two fingers
(viz. the thumb and the index finger), for the second offence they should
be deprived of the hand and the foot$^2$
'Saṃdaṃśaḥ' means 'the thumb and the forefinger.' Manu (IX. 276) says.
'The king should cut off the hands of those robbers who having made a
hole in a wall commit a theft at night and should impale them on a sharp
stake
Bṛhaspati (p 362 v. 17) says :
So highway robbers should be bound and should be hanged by the neck
from a tree The king should cut off the fingers of a cut-purse when he is
caught for the first time, his hands and feet (when caught) a second
time and he deserves death (when caught) a third time$^3$
Aṅguli' means 'the forefinger and the thumb.'
Nārada (p. 225 vv. 16-17) states a special rule when the thief runs
away taking the booty with him :

1. 'He who steals animals'-this contains five kinds of thieves.
2. 'Saṃdaṃśa' means 'tongs' The Mit explains that the picketpocket's hand
   should be cut off and the tong-like two fingers of the cutpurse should be cut off. For repeat-
   ing the offence, one hand and one foot was to be cut off, according to V. R As they found
   the two fingers most useful in theft they were to be deprived of them.
3. This last verse is Manu IX 277 On account of Yāj. II 274 the fingers meant here
   are the forefinger and the thumb though the plural 'aṅgulīḥ' is used in Manu. The
   Mayūkha seems to have read 'aṅgulī granthibhedasya.'
   * P. 285 (text)
   V. M. 33