The institutes of Vishnu (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1880)

V, 154- CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAW. 37
140. If a female buffalo damages grain, her
keeper shall be fined eight Mashas.
141. If she has been without a keeper, her owner
(shall pay that fine).
142. (For mischief done by) a horse, or a camel,
or an ass (the fine shall be the same).
143. (For damage done by) a cow, it shall be
half.
144. (For damage done by) a goat, or a sheep,
(it shall be) half of that again.
145. For cattle abiding (in the field), after having
eaten (grain), the fine shall be double.
146. And in every case the owner (of the field)
shall receive the value of the grain that has been
destroyed.
147. There is no offence if the damage has been
done near a highway, near a village, or (in a field
adjacent to) the common pasture-ground for cattle;
148. Or (if it has been done) in an uninclosed
field ;
149. Or if the cattle did not abide long;
150. Or if the damage has been done by bulls
that have been set at liberty, or by a cow shortly
after her calving.
151. He who commits members of the highest
(or Brahmazza) caste to slavery, shall pay the
highest amercement.
152. An apostate from religious mendicity shall
become the king’s slave.
153. A hired workman who abandons his work
before the term has expired shall pay the whole
amount (of the stipulated wages) to his employer ;
154. And he shall pay a hundred Pa/zas to the
king.