AN 8.51:27.1, Kd 20:1.6.7. | Few men and many women is said to be a sign of the end of the world (Harivaṁśa 116.23, Brahma Purāṇa 231.24, Liṅga Purāṇa 1.40.19, Narasiṁha Purāṇa 54.22 ). | The kumbha (“jar”) was a measure of grain by which the severity of theft was measured (Manu 8.320). Perhaps the implication is that these are house-thieves plundering domestic goods, rather than highway robbers.