[INDOLOGY] dacoits, bandits, thugs and other unsavory characters

[Madhav Deshpande]

Another place may be the Rudra section of the Yajurveda where you find
stenānām pataye namo namaḥ, in the list of all sorts of groups.

Madhav Deshpande


On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 10:43 PM, Hock, Hans Henrich <hhhock at illinois.edu>wrote:

>  The closest I can come up with is the following
>
>   tad yatra vai kṣatreṇāraṇyenaiti yo vai tatra taṁ dasyur jānāti yad yat
> syālvaṁ vā madhu vā bhavati tenāsmā āvir bhavati (JB 2.423)****
>
> ‘Now if someone goes through the jungle with a kṣatriya (or: with a
> jungle-kṣatriya ?), if a non-Aryan notices him there, he shows himself to
> him with all the friendliness and sweetness at his disposal.’**
>  There is, of course, also the bargaining for soma with a jungle dweller,
> but this does not convey echoes of dacoitry.
>
>  Best wishes,
>
>  Hans Henrich Hock
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>  On 5 Jun 2013, at 17:40, Robert A. Hueckstedt wrote:
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>  Colleagues:
> A colleague has asked: " where in the Vedas and other relatively ancient
> texts might I find references to dacoits, bandits, etc."
>
> Gratefully,
> Bob Hueckstedt
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Madhav M. Deshpande
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