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Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c20.s9: Jiyasattu

Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c20.s9

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Jiyasattu

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Jiyasattu (the conqueror of enemies) seems to have been a common designation of kings like the epithet Devānāmpiya of the later age. Like Bambhadatta of the Buddhists, Jiyasattu is known as a generic name, and is represented as a ruler of a number of cities. It seems that Jiyasattu (also Jitāri 60 or Hatasattu 61) was also known by the name of Kākavanna or Kākajangha. 62 He is described as a ruler of a large number of cities —

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| (i) | Acalapura 63 | (ii) | Aojjhā 64 |
| (iii) | Ālabhiyā 65 | (iv) | Āmalakappa 66 |
| (v) | Bhaddilapura 67 | (vi) | Campā 68 |
| (vii) | Chhattagā 69 | (viii) | Lohggalā 70 |
| (ix) | Mahurā 71 | (x) | Kākandi 72 |
| (xi) | Kampillapura 73 | (xii) | Khupatthiya 74 |
| (xiii) | Sāvatthi 75 | (xiv) | Migakotthaya 76 |
| (xv) | Mihilā 77 | (xvi) | Pādaliputta |

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It is mentioned that king Jiyasattu besieged the city of Ujjeni and as a result of which the king of Ujjeni died and the city was captured by the enemy. The king of Ujjeni had four *sāvaga* servants. One of them applied oil to one foot of Jiyasattu and challenged any one who was equal to him in doing so to the other. Jiyasattu felt a burning sensation and it is said that since then he turned black and came to be known as Kākavaṇṇa⁷⁸

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⁵⁸ Kalpa Ti, 6, p 173

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⁵⁹ Abo ct Sūya cū, p 340. For the Vedic tradition, see P H A I, p 96; A I H T, p 282.

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⁶⁰ Āri cū p 745

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⁶¹ Uttarā cū 2, p 78, Vasu p 115

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⁶² Āva Cū, p 510, Abhidhānakośa, according to the Vasu p 63, Kākajangha was reigning in Tosali

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⁶³ Uttarā Cū, p 62

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⁶⁴ Uttarā Ti, 18, p 233a.

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⁶⁵ Uvā 5.

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⁶⁶ Nāyā II, p 226.

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⁶⁷ Anta. 3, p. 7 f

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⁶⁸ Uvā 2, p. 22, Nāyā. 12, p. 135

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⁶⁹ Āva. Nir. 450.

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⁷⁰ Ibid. 490.

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⁷¹ Āva Ti, p 504a.

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⁷² Anta. 3, p 61 Anutt. p. 61.

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⁷³ Uvā 6 p, 43.

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⁷⁴ Āca, Nir. 1318, Āva. cū. II, p. 158; Pinda Nir., 80 p 30, Gacch. Vr. p. 115a.

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⁷⁵ Rāya. sū. 146.

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⁷⁶ Āva. cū., p. 519.

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⁷⁷ Sūr. Sū. 1.

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⁷⁸ Āva Cū p. 540; also Abhidhānārājendrakosa, under "Kākajangha." According to the Purāṇas, Śiśunāga was succeeded by his son Kākavarṇa, and according to the Ceylonese chronicles, by his son Kālāśoka. According to Professor Jacobi, Geiger and Bhandarkar, Kālāśoka and Kākavarṇa are identical. Bāṇa in his Harṣacarita gives a curious legend concerning the death of Kākavarṇa (Kālāśoka). It is stated that Kākavarṇa Śaiśunāga was taken somewhere in an artificial aerial car and was murdered in the vicinity of his city with a dagger thrust into his throat (P H A. I, p. 180 f, Pradhan, op cit., p. 223f.

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(xvii) Polāsapura⁷⁹
(xix) Poyaṇapura⁸¹
(xxi) Tigiñchi⁸³ (xxiii) Vanavāsī⁸⁵
(xxv) Vāṇiyagāma⁸⁷

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⁷⁹ Uvā. 7.

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⁸¹ Bṛh. Bhā. 6 6198 f.

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⁸⁵ Bṛh. Bhā. 4. 5255 f.

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⁸⁷ Uvā, I. p 4; Jiyasattu mentioned here is identified by both Drs. Hoernle and Barnett with Cedaga of Vesālī, Uvā p. 6.

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(xviii) Pañcāla⁸⁰
(xx) Savvaobhadda⁸² (xxii) Ujjeṇī⁸⁴ (xxiv) Vāṇārasī⁸⁶ (xxvi) Vasantapura⁸⁸

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⁸⁰ Nāyā. 8, p. 108.

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⁸² Vivā. 5 p. 33 Ibid. II, 9. p. 64-2.

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⁸⁴ Āva. Nir, 1274; Uttarā Ṭī 4, p. 78a.

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⁸⁶ Uvā. p 32.

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⁸⁸ Ogh. Nir., 450, p 158 a, Āva. cū. p. 534.

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