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Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c12.s6.t1: Relations and Friends

Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c12.s6.t1

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Relations and Friends

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Various relations and friends are mentioned There were friends (*mitta*), kinsmen (*nāti*), members of one's own family (*niyaga*), one's blood relations (*sayana*), connected by marriage (*sambandhī*) and one's dependents (*parijana*).⁹

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⁹ *Nāyā* II, p 51

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As the father grew older, the care of the household fell on the shoulders of the eldest son We hear of people retiring from the world after giving the household management to their sons

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The relatives and friends etc. were invited at various occasions such as birth, marriage, death and various festivals We are told that when Mahāvīra was born, his parents invited their friends, relations, kinsmen and followers and enjoyed a grand feast in their company ¹⁰

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¹⁰ *Kalpa Sū* 5.104

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Then we are told of the Brāhmana brothers of Campā who lived with their wives They decided to have their meals together in one another's house by turn.¹¹

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¹¹ *Nāyā* 16, p 162.

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