Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c9.s8.22

c9.s8.22

The maritime transport also seems to have been quite developed, though the sea-voyages were full of dangers. We hear of a ship (pavahaṇa) of certain merchants bound for Vūbhaya which rambled in the sea for six months.⁷⁹ The ship-wrecks were most common. There were serious disturbances from the goblins and terrible cyclones (kāliyavāya) when the life of the traders was put in great danger. We read in the Nāyādhammakahā how the two merchant’s sons, after their vessel was wrecked, reached Rayaṇadīva with the help of a piece of plank (phalagakhaṇḍa)⁸⁰