Hand cut off as punishment for theft. (Cf. Q212.)

Motif

Hand cut off as punishment for theft. (Cf. Q212.)

Rewards and punishments. · Kinds of punishment. · Cruel punishments. · view the constellation · filed as Q451.1.1

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

IndicThe Mahābhārata, Book 12, Section XXIII

Scholars’ trail — 4references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

Icelandic*Boberg
India*Thompson-Balys.
general *Penzer V 61 n. 1, 143 n., VI 19
general *Chauvin VI 80 No. 249

Within the index

Filed under Hands cut off as punishment. (Cf. S161.)

Filed beside it

Hand cut off for contempt of court Hand cut off for treachery. (Cf. Q261.)Hand cut off (falls off) as punishment for murder. (Cf. Q211.)Arms cut off as punishment for adultery. (Cf. Q241.)Right hands cut off enemy's messengers Arms cut off as punishment for slandering. (Cf. Q263.)

Travels with

Theft punished. (Cf. Q221.8, Q413.1, Q428.2, Q431.15, Q451.0.4, Q451.1.1, Q451.2.2, Q451.4.1, Q451.5.2, Q451.6.2, Q451.7.0.2.2, Q458.0.3, Q458.2.2, Q467.2, Q469.10.2, Q520.2, Q551.2.3.ff., Q551.6.4, Q551.7.2, Q552.4, Q552.6, Q552.19.3, Q554.1, Q558.6, Q559.10, Q597.3.)

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