Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c12.s6.10

c12.s6.10

The father was held in great respect which was equal to that paid to the master and the religious teacher. It is stated that one should apply sayapāga and sahassapāga oils and other fragrant unguents to the body of the parents, should give them bath and decorate them. They should be served with eighteen kinds of seasoned food, and even if one carried them on one's shoulders one could not repay the debt which one owed to them ⁴