Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c9.t22.17
Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c9.t22.17
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¹¹ Nisi cū II, p. 741 Candanā the first female disciple of Mahāvīra, was a slave of this type (Āva cū, p. 318). According to the Jātakas, slavery might be incurred through capture, commuted death sentence, debt, voluntary self-degradation or judicial punishment (Rhys Davids, Cambridge History of India, p 205).
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- Jātaka — Pāli
- Mahānisīha — Haribhadra Sūri, Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit