Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c9.t3.18

c9.t3.18

The pasture grounds (*daviya*)⁷² were very useful where herds of cattle and goats were grazed. *Davaggi* is mentioned as a profession that dealt in burning grass and protecting the fields.⁷³ The cowherds (*govālaka*) and shepherds (*ajāpāla: chāgalīya*) were employed, who led the herds to these grounds for grazing. We hear of a shepherd who was very good at shooting and used to make holes in the leaves of a banyan tree with his tiny bow (*dhanuhiȳā*).⁷⁴