[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947) › c19.1178 # Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.1178 Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.1178 - **Language:** English ### [c19.1178](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.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). - [Previous: c19.1177](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1177) - [Next: c19.1179](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1179) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1178](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1178) · Pramāṇa