Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c7.s6.t2.27
Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c7.s6.t2.27
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c7.s6.t2.27
Even women were punished for their offences although the severity of punishment to women-folk was not the same as those to men Pregnant women, for example, were exempted from torturous punishments We read of a certain girl who was banished by her parents. She got a job in the house of a wine-merchant The girl was pregnant and in order to fulfil her pregnancy-longing she used to steal money from her master's shop One day she was caught and the merchant reported to the king, who handed over the girl to be executed after delivery. After delivery however, the girl escaped and her son was brought up by the king.³³