Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c15.s3.2

c15.s3.2

¹⁴⁸ Vātsyāyana classified the occasional festivities into five groups (1) The festivals in connection with the worship of different deities (*samāja*, *yātrā* and *ghaṭā*) sometimes attended with grand processions, (2) *goṣṭhis* or social gatherings of both sexes, (3) *āpānakas* or drinking parties, (4) *udyānayātrās* or garden-parties and (5) various social diversions in which many persons took part (*samasyākriḍā*)—*Kāmasūtra* Sū 26, p 44