Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c20.s4.12

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Another reference to Dadhivāhana is made in the *Āva-kaya Nuyukti*. When king Sayāṇīya of Kosambī invaded Campā, a great confusion arose and Vasumatī, the daughter of Dadhivāhana, and her mother Dhārinī fell into the hands of a royal officer (*uṭṭiya*), who wanted to make Dhārinī his wife. Later on, both were brought to Kosambī where Dhārinī died and her daughter Vasumatī was sold to a merchant, Dhanavaha. After some time the merchant's wife, Mūlā, became jealous of her and having cut her hair, put her into custody. Vasumatī or better known as Candanā, is said to have offered food to Mahāvīra and joined his rank as a nun.⁴²