Words For Violence In Seniors Of Jaina Canon

Author(s): Colette Caillat
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Words for violence in the "Seniors" of the Jaina Canon
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4. Cf. Lehre 145; Dasav ch. IV, Ee 617.15 = JAS 54; Āyār 2.2.3.2. 5. Cf. H.-P. Schmidt, op. cit. 637. 6. Ācār 1, gloss., s.v.: "Strafe und Gewalttar". 7. Dasav IV.2.8:
danda-sattha-parijunnā,
"ill-treated with sticks and sharp instruments" (Schubring). - Compare, in
Pa, PED, s.v. danda 4. 8. Ayār p. 40.27* = 1.8.1.8:
danda-jujjhāim muthi-jujjhāim.
“fights at quarter-staff and boxing-matches" (Jacobi). 9. Āyār p.43.13* = 1.8.3.10. Compare Sūy 1.3.1.16 = JAS 180: dandeņa samvie mutthiņā adu phaleņa vā;
or, in Āyār 2.1.3.4 = JAS 342: dandena vā atthina vā mutthina vā... abhihaya-puvve bhavai;
further Ut 12.18 = JAS 377: eyam khu dandeņa phal(a)eņa hantā
(referred to in Ācār gl., s.v.d.; for the text, v. Alsdorf, ILJ 6 (1962), 131. 10. Cf. Āyār p. 40.25* = 1.8.1.7:
haya-puvvõ tattha dandehim lūsiya-puvvo appa-punnehim,
"he was beaten with sticks, and struck by sinful people” (Jacobi). 11. Compare PED, s.v. danda. 12. Āyār p. 19.11 = 1.4.3.1; p. 27.5 = 1.6.1. Cf. SBE 22, 39 and n. 1; 53.
Compare nikkhitta-saltha, and similar bahuvrihis in Pa, PED, s.v. danda 4. 13. Sūy 1.13.23b = JAS 579. 14. Āyār p. 35.9 = 1.7.3.1; p. 43.7* = 1.8.3.7.
Compare Pa nidhāya dandam bhūtesu, Sn 629 = Dhp 405, cf. PED, s.v. danda 4. 15. For a similar evolution, v. salla (salya), “dart”, “piercing sting (of evil)", etc., Utt 19.916 (JAS 696): danda-salla-bhaesu ya niyatto,
"he turned away from injurious, hurtful, and dangerous actions" (Jacobi). Compare PED, s.v. salla. 16. Ţ equates nisirati with nisrjati (!) = niksipati. 17. SūyȚ 205.3 f., ad Sūy 2.2.5 (JAS 695).
In this passage Jacobi renders danda-samāyāna with “sinning", "committing sins": a somewhat loose translation; but in Āyār p. 7.29 = 1.2.2.3, with "violence is done" ("wird Gewalttat gehandhabt", Worte 74).