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Manava Dharmashastra 9.276

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 9.276

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Sanskrit

9.276

saṃdhiṃ tu ye cauryaṃ rātrau kurvanti taskarāḥ
teṣāṃ chittvā nṛpo hastau tīkṣṇe śūle niveśayet //

But the king shall cut off the hands of those robbers who, breaking into houses, commit thefts at night, and cause them to be impaled on a pointed stake.

Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

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