Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c13.s1.6
Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c13.s1.6
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c13.s1.6
The commentary on the *Samavāyāṅga* refers to writing, engraving, sewing and weaving of letters on materials such as leaves,⁵ bark, wood, ivory, iron, copper⁶ and silver and forming them by cutting the material, burning it, breaking it, and joining one with another (*saṅkramaṇa*).⁷