Jain Journal 1968 01

Author(s): Jain Bhawan Publication
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication

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JANUARY, 1968
36 types of weapons used23. Divine weapons were also known.24 A well-qualified man used to train the soldiers 25.
Musical instruments were used to rouse the enthusiasm and patriotic feeling of the soldiers. About two dozen instruments are mentioned in Yasastilaka Campu like turyya, jayaveri, nāgārā, etc.26.
Military Camps : Elaborate and proper arrangements were made for the soldiers in the military camps. We get a fair description of these camps in Mahapurana27. During rest hours soldiers were to retire in these camps where they were even attended by their own wives 28. At dawn they had to leave their beds with the beating of martial music and after finishing routine work had to fight with the opponent till sunset29.
When the victory was won, the defeated king, if not already killed in action, was taken as a prisoner 30. Rest of the soldiers were usually freed after surrender31, and the wounded of both sides were treated by the physicians of the victorious king.
In this way the description of war science in Jaina literature though in conformity with the descriptions available elsewhere has had some of its own peculiarities.
Results of war: Wars were necessary for the reconstruction of good society or for establishment of peace and order. As we have seen above, evil wars were also known. But the results of war as described in Jaina literature have peculiarity of their own. Wars generally ended with the renunciation of kings. Some took to asceticism immediately while others a few days later32. The sudden change in kings seems to be justified as they were imbued with Jaina culture and sentiment.
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Uttaradhyayana Sutra, 9.135; Avasyaka Curni, II, p. 158.
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Mahapurana.
G. C. Jain, Life in Ancient India, p. 80.
Jambudvipa Prajnapti, p. 2.24.
6 Yasastilaka Campu, A.3. v. 74.
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10 Jivandhara Campu, 610, 29.
Nayadhammakaha, P. I, p. 39. Yasastilaka Campu, A.3, p. 321. 13 Mahapurana, 32, 149.
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Mahapurana.
Yasastilaka Campu, 1.3. p. 366. Mahapurana, p. 32, 54.
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