Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c9.s18.1

c9.s18.1

Ordinarily, a Jain whether a layman or a monk, must abstain from flesh eating.⁵¹ We are told of Jinadatta, a *sāvaga's* son who refrained from flesh-eating prescribed by a physician even at the stake of his life. He told his parents that he would enter into the flames of fire and die but would never violate his long-cherished vow by eating flesh.⁵² Further we are told of Addayakumāra who condemned flesh-eating in the course of a discussion with the Buddhists and the *Hatthitāvasas*.⁵³