Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c12.s10.t6.3

c12.s10.t6.3

The Uttarādhyayana commentary refers to another Svayamvara marriage of the princess Nivvui. With the permission of her father she went to Indapura and declared that one who was brave and valiant and one who could shoot an effigy, would be her husband. Various princes and kings were invited to attend the *Svayaṃvara*. The flags were raised up in the city and a *Svayaṃvara* hall was erected outside the town. There on an axle (*aksa*) to which were attached eight wheels (*cakra*) stood an effigy, which was to be shot in the eye. The twenty sons of king Indradatta tried their luck without success. In the end, another son of Indradatta stood up and succeeded in shooting at the eye of the effigy, and was chosen as husband by Nivvui.³⁸