Life in Ancient India as Depicted in Jain Canons

SR No.: 011077
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jagdishchandra Jain
Publisher: New Book Company
Publication Year: 1947
Total Pages: 429
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 16 MB

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jodhana, Gängeya, Vidura, Dona, Jayaddatha, Sakuni, Kīva, and Assatthama to attend the sayamvara marriage of Dovai in Kampillapura. The five Pandavas were cliosen by her.134
KINGS AND RULERS
Salivahana (Sātavāhana)
King Salivahana ruled at Paitthina with his minister Kharaya. It said that he used to invade the city of Charuyakaccha every year (see Nahavana) It was at the request of Salivahana that Kalaka changed the day of pancami to catu ihi for pajjosana." (Sce Paitthana)
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Sampar
It is mentioned that after Kunāla, Sampai came to the thione of Ujjeni Staying in Ujjeni, hic conquci cd the whole of Dakkhinavaha and brought all the frontier states unde. his subjugation Sampai is said to be a very powerful ulei of Ujjeni and a great pation of Jain religion. He gave away chantics at the four gates of the city and offered garments etc. to Jam monks Whatevc food was left after being distributed to the poor and the orphans was given to the Jain monks (because the Jain monks are not allowed to accept food from a king) Sampi ati paid for this food to the cooks He was a great devotee of the shrnas and he glorified the Sam na Sangha "He called the kings of the neighbouring countries and asked them to show devotion towards sramanas At the festival of ahajatta, he used to walk in the company of Danda, Bhada and Bhojika etc with the ch..riot and offered flowers, scents, ornaments, garments, and cowlies Samprati celebrated the worship of Jain image with gicat pomp and show, when other kings also joined him He told his vassal kings that he did not want money, but if they considered him to be their lord, they weic to pay then iespect to the samanas Samprati proclaimed non-killing (amagita) and he built temples He trained his warriors and sent them in the disguise of Jain monks to border lands (paccantadesa) and thus made Andhia, Dravida, Maharastra, Kudukka, Surästia and other countries suitable for the movement of Jam monks 196
In the words of Smith, "Sampiati is icputed to have been zealous in promoting the cause of Jainism as Asoka had been in propagating the religion of Buddha 137
Udayana
Udayana, 138 who was the grandson of Sahassaniya and the son of Sayaniya, ruled at Kosambi 130
Naja. 16 for the Buddhist tradition, see Kunala Jataka (No 536). When the child was born, the king adopted her as his own daughter That is why Devai is called 'Dvepitika' in Buddhist literature (Malalasekara, op cit, under 'Kanha')
Also see Catur imsatt,15, p 136 ff Prabandhacun.tumans, 1, p 17, also see Early History of the Deccan, pp 29-31
Bih Bha 1 3278-3280, Nisi cu, 15, p 1115 f also of Sthanavalcarita, XI
Oxford History of India, p 117, also cf PHI,p 291 According to the Buddlusts, Udena's mother when pregnant was bird and deposited on a tice near the residence of Allakappa the time of a storm (utu), hence he came to be known Udena; . also cf. Kathasaritsagara, Vol. I, Bk. II, ch IX, pp. 94-102, Bhag. 12 2.
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carried off by a monster The child was born at Dhammapada A. I, p. 165,