Book Title: Jain Legend Vol 1
Author(s): Hastimal Maharaj, Shuganchand Jain, P S Surana
Publisher: Hastimal Maharaj Shugan C Jain P S Surana
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Paribh a a: to punish those guilty of petty crimes in harsh, angry words Ma dal bandha: to hold the guilty for a stipulated number of days in a place, province C raka bandha: to imprison the guilty Chaviccheda: to pierce body parts of the those guilty of crimes against humanity, sedition, or the hardened, regular offenders
Some c ryas aver that the last two of these four kinds of punishments were prevalent in the time of Bharata cakravart, but the author of the niryuktis, crya Bhadrab hu opines that bandha n ti (imprisonment) and gh ta n ti(inflicting injury) became operational right from the time of Lord V abhan tha.
Various officials were appointed to track and punish criminals.
Training of People / Subjects, Establishment of Towns, etc
Having set up a system of law and order and prevention of crime, king Vabhan tha made a plan for his subjects to become self-sufficient in the affairs of the karmabh mi (the mundane world of action). For the welfare of subjects he trained them in asi (art of government / military occupation), masi (writing) and k i (farming) and a hundred crafts. Among the craftspeople, he first taught pottery, then weaving for clothes, architecture for constructing homes, and thereafter painting; and for hair and nails, the craft of the barber. From these basic crafts, there emerged hundred kinds of other crafts/ skills in groups of 20. V abhan tha had already trained his 100 sons in these crafts/ skills and agriculture, so it helped in imparting training to common people. People were strong and hardy, they laboured hard. They ploughed fields and sowed seeds. It rained at regular intervals and the fields were a verdant lush green. Man hitherto dependent purely on nature, danced in joy looking at the outcome of his sweat and labour. King V abhan tha, his sons and daughters and the craftspeople and artists trained under them were determined to build a nation as beautiful as paradise itself.
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