Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.1049

c19.1049

There was excessive rainfall in this country and so a Jain monk was allowed to carry an umbrella ³⁸⁹ During famine or even otherwise people were in the habit of eating flesh in this country and were fond of fruits, flowers³⁹⁰ and rice-gruel³⁹¹ (pejjā) Koṅkana was noted for the festival known as guṇjanna which was celebrated here in the evenings ³⁹² Koṅkana is mentioned along with Sindhu and Tāmalitti which were known for their troublesome mosquitoes ³⁹³ There was a big forest round about this country ³⁹⁴ It is said that the stones of the rivers of Koṅkana were very sharp and hurt the feet of the people ³⁹⁵