Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c14.s2.t1.38
Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c14.s2.t1.38
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c14.s2.t1.38
Dagasoyariya—An adherent of the Dagasoyariyas, also known as Suvādī, who took bath after cleaning his body sixty four times if touched by anybody, is mentioned.¹⁴⁶ Mention is made of a Dagasoyariya ascetic who was putting up in the Nārāyaṇa kottha in Mathurā. After breaking his three days fast he pretended to have taken cow-dung, he never uttered the word itthi (woman) and observed silence. People were so much attracted by his practices that they offered him robes, food and drink.¹⁴⁷ According to Malayagiri, however, these ascetics were the followers of the Sāmkhya religion.¹⁴⁸