Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c13.s1.1
Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c13.s1.1
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c13.s1.1
The art of writing was known in ancient India.¹ We have seen that *lekha* occurs in the list of seventy two arts. The *Rāyapasenī* refers to various kinds of writing materials and accessories such as *pattaga* (leaves), *kambiyā* (wooden board), *dora* (thread), *ganthi* (knots), *lippāsaṇa* (ink-pot), *chaṇdaṇa* (lid), *saṅkalā* (chain), *masi* (ink), *lehaṇī* (pen), *akkhara* (letters) and *potthaya* (book).² *Lehāyariya* (*lekhācārya*, teacher) is mentioned in the *Āvaśyaka Bhāṣya*,³ and in the *Cūrṇi*⁴