Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.1178

c19.1178

Various customs, etc of this country are recorded in the Jain texts. It is said that the people of this country were known for their deceitful nature (*gunthamāyāvi*)⁴⁴² Corn was cultivated in this country by rains,⁴⁴³ and there were wells here that contained salt water⁴⁴⁴ The following words current in this country are recorded: *kūra*⁴⁴⁵ (rice), *gaddara*⁴⁴⁶ (wool), *jovana*⁴⁴⁷ (threshing of corn), *pallaga*⁴⁴⁸ (granary), *suphani*⁴⁴⁹ (kettle-pen), *avasāvana*⁴⁵⁰ (sour gruel), *ikkaḍā*⁴⁵¹ (a variety of grass), *bhatta*⁴⁵² (husband's sister), *halu* (a common word used in addressing equals), *kaccha*⁴⁵³ (an underwear), *khīra*⁴⁵⁴ (milk) and *thilli*⁴⁵⁵ (a saddle).