Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c12.s12.7

c12.s12.7

There are examples when the nuns were abducted. We have seen how king Gaddabhilla abducted the sister-nun of Kālakācārya, which resulted in his destruction. We are told of a Buddhist merchant of Bharuyaccha who took the garb of a Jain layman and invited the nuns under the pretext of offering them alms. The merchant asked the nuns to enter his ship to pay a visit to the Jain temples and as soon as they stepped in he set the ship in motion.¹⁰⁰ There was also trouble from the robbers. We are told that once some robbers joined with the Bodhiya Mlecchas and carried off the nuns.¹⁰¹ Sometimes the robbers carried away the clothes of the nuns. It is laid down that under such circumstances the nun should cover their private parts with skin, vegetable leaves, darbha grass, or with their own hands.¹⁰²