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Pindaniyukti: A Observation
The one who held the accounts was called the Ankadhatri. The divine legends of the Buddhist tradition mention four types of wet nurses.
Even in a male-dominated society, some men were so subservient to women that they obeyed their every command like slaves. Pindaniyukti mentions six types of inferior men who were dominated by women. The Svetangali, who cleaned the stove and lit it at his wife's behest, the Bakodayaka, who fetched water from the lake every morning, the Kinkara, who worked according to his wife's instructions, the Snayaka, who bathed as per his wife's orders, the Grdhriveidi, who like a vulture, went to his wife with the food vessel, and the Hadjna, who cleaned the child's excreta and urine, were all such men.
Even then, domestic violence existed. Men tortured their wives if work was done against their liking, which the women bore silently. When the Salyodana was changed, both the husbands tortured their wives, who trembled like the branch of a tree. When Marjara ate meat, his wife Rukmini was tortured by her husband Ugrateja out of fear, and when she cooked the vomited meat of a dog, her husband punished her. Somewhere, the wives also got angry at their husbands. When the master took away the milk from the ascetic, the cowherd Vatsaraja, on reaching home with less milk, was scolded by his wife.
There was also conflict between husband and wife over giving alms. The wife wanted to give to Brahmins, while the husband wanted to give to the ascetics.
The author has also mentioned various worldly and Vedic traditions in the context. This does not mean that the author believed in that tradition, but to make the text important and to express his erudition, he has mentioned many worldly beliefs and superstitions prevalent in other religions. Some of these traditions are related to religion and some to society. Expressing the Vedic belief, the author said that the girl child bleeds as many times as her mother goes to hell before her marriage.
Procreation of a son was considered rare. Even in Uttaradhyayana, the priest Bhrigu considered the birth of a son from a worldly point of view.| SR No. | 001945 |
| Book Title | Agam 41 Mool 02 Pind Niryukti Sutra |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Dulahrajmuni |
| Publisher | Jain Vishva Bharati |
| Publication Year | 2008 |
| Total Pages | 492 |
| Language | Prakrit, Sanskrit, Hindi |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari, Agam, Canon, Ethics, & agam_pindniryukti |
| File Size | 9 MB |