Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c13.s4.11
Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c13.s4.11
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c13.s4.11
Proficiency in archery was greatly prized and we hear of the prince Surindadātta who obtained a princess by shooting an effigy that stood on an axle to which were attached eight wheels²¹ We are told that a shepherd who perforated the foliage of a bunyan tree with his small bow (*dhanuhiyā*), at the command of a prince shot through the eyes of the king, and was offered a village in reward.²²