Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c14.t3.8
Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c14.t3.8
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The *Ovāiya*⁷⁷ mentions the following classes of *Vānapatha Tāvasas* residing on the bank of the Ganges: Hottiya—They offered sacrifice. Kottiya—They slept on the bare ground. Pottiya—They belonged to the class of ascetics who wore clothes. Jannai—They performed sacrifice. Saddhai—They belonged to the devotional class of ascetics. Thālai—They carried all their belongings with them (*gṛhitabhāṇḍa*). Humbauttha—They carried a vessel with them (*kuṇḍikāsamana*). Dantukkhaliya⁷⁸—They used their teeth for a mortar, grinding the grain to be eaten between their teeth. Ummajjaka—They bathed taking only a dip. Sammajjaka—They bathed by taking dips several times. Nimajjaka—They remained in water only for a short while. Sampakkhāla—They rubbed and cleansed their body with mud.