Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c7.s6.t3.7

c7.s6.t3.7

Then the commentary on the Uttarādhyayana refers to two brothers, named Kamaṭha and Marubhū of Poyanapura The former lived in adultery with the latter’s wife and was brought to the notice of the latter by the former’s wife. Marubhū left his house and returned after sometime in the disguise of a Kārpatika. He found his wife and his brother together and reported the matter to the king, who ordered Kamaṭha to be arrested, and accompanied with the music of harsh sounding drums with a garland of earthenware vessels (sarāva) around his neck, mounted on an ass,³⁹ he was led throughout the city and in the end was banished from the town⁴⁰.