Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c20.s19.t3.2
Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c20.s19.t3.2
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c20.s19.t3.2
In course of time, along with his ten vassals, Uddāyana marched against Pajjoya and reached Ujjeni. A fight ensued between Uddāyana and Pajjoya in which the latter suffered a defeat. His forehead was branded with a frontlet reading "Husband of slave girl" (dāsīpati), and Uddāyana hastened back to his town. After some time, the day of pajjosana approached and Uddāyana pardoned Pajjoya and set him at liberty. Then in order to cover the letters dāsīpati, Uddāyana invested him with a golden plate (suvannapatta) and gave him the realm. It is said that from that time the kings were invested with the plate, before this they were invested with the diadem (maudabaddha)¹³³