Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c20.s12: Lecchavi
Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c20.s12
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Lecchavi
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Licchavis are mentioned along with the Mallakis in the Jain Canons. The *Sūyagaḍaṅga*¹¹⁰ refers to the clan of Licchavis Licchavis and Mallakis of Kāsī and Kosala are said to have fought with Ceḍaga against Kūṇika (see Ceḍaga). The nine Licchavis and nine Mallakis were among those who observed fast and instituted an illumination on the fifteenth day of the new moon.¹¹¹
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¹¹⁰ 1 13 10, also curn, p 315. For the Buddhist origin, see the com on the *Khuddakapāṭha*, pp 58-60, also Dig'a, II, p. 73 f. For some interesting social customs among Licchavis, see *Vinayavastu* of the Mūlasarvāstivāda, pp 5-18, also see *P. H. A. I.*, pp. 103 ff.
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¹¹¹ Kalpa sū 128
Linked texts (5)
- Mahāparinibbānasutta — Pāli
- Vinayavastu — Sanskrit
- Khuddakapāṭha — Pāli
- Sūyagaḍa — Sudharman, Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit
- Kalpasūtra — Bhadrabāhu, Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit