Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c7.s6.t5.24

c7.s6.t5.24

Besides, the following types of punishments are mentioned specifically :—putting in irons (aduyabandhana),⁶¹ in fetters, in stocks (haḍibandhana), into prison, screwing up hands and feet in a pair of shackles and breaking them, cutting off hands and feet, or ears or nose or lips or head or throat-glands (muṇavī), piercing the organ (veyagachahiya?)⁶² body (angachahiya), the sides, tearing out eyes, teeth, testicles, or tongue, hanging, brushing, whirling round, impaling, lacerating, pouring acids (in wounds), belabouring with a leather strap, twisting the organ like a lion's tail (sīhapucchiya),⁶³ like a bull's tail, burning in a wood fire and exposing the offender to be devoured by crows and vultures.⁶⁴