Jain Journal 1990 01

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

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Food of Cakravartis
Food of the Cakravartis consisted of kştr (milk pudding) with high quality of rice and other rich dry-fruits. The milk used for it was milched from the cow which had been fed on the milk of one lac cows. This is the key of his strength. It is said that if an ordinary person happens to have the food prepared for the Cakravarti or his prime queen he will go mad and out of control.
Domain of Cakravartis
A Cakravarti is the lord of nintysix crores of villages, protector of seventytwo thousand large cities and ruler of ninetynine thousand towns accessible both by land and sea. He is supreme lord of fortyeight thousand towns approached by land only or water only and of twentyfour thousand poor towns as well as isolated towns. He is lord of twenty thousand mines of jewels et cetera, a ruler of sixteen thousand towns with earthen walls. He is protector of fourteen thousand grannaries and fiftysix island settlements. He is chief of fortynine poor kingdoms and he enjoyed the rest of six part of Bharataksetra.
Treasury of Cakravartis
The large treasury of the Cakravartis is known as mahānidhi and had the area of nine yojanas. Besides gold, silver, jewels, ornaments etc. received as presents, he possesses nine special treasures (navanidhi) each always attended by one thousand Yaksas viz., Naisarpa, Panduka, Pingala, Sarvaratnaka, Mahapadma, Kala, Mahakala, Manava and Sankha. These are sources of food, grain, ornaments, army, buildingmaterials, jewels, art, agriculture and what not.
Besides these a Cakravarti possesses 14 ratnas of which seven are inanimate and seven animate. Seven inanimate ratnas are Cakra, Chatra, Danda, Asi, Mani and Kankini. Seven animate ratnas are Senapati (commander), Grhapati (steward who can grow grain, fruit etc, in the evening by sowing it on Carma ratna in the morning), Vardhaki (mason who can build instantly), Purohit (Preceptor), Stri (Wife who removes the fatigue of the Cakravarti), Asva (Horse), and Hasti (elephant).
Wives of Cakravartis
The names of the Stri-ratna of the 12 Cakravartis are as follows: Subhadra, Bhadra, Sunanda, Jaya, Vijaya, Krsnasri, Suryasri, Padmasri, Vasundhara, Devi, Laksmimati, Kurumati. Besides Stri-ratna a Cakravarti possesses 96 thousand queens in his harem.