Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c14.s3.t1.1
Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c14.s3.t1.1
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c14.s3.t1.1
The Indra is a vedic god of great antiquity and is the chief of all other gods He is famous for intemperance and adultery.¹⁷⁴ In the Kalpasūtra Indra enjoys divine pleasures in the heaven in company of various gods, eight chief queens, three assemblies, seven armies, seven commanders-in-chief,¹⁷⁵ and the body-guards (āyarakkha) ¹⁷⁶ *Indramaha* was most prominent among all other *mahas* in ancient days ¹⁷⁷