Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.1346
Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.1346
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c19.1346
Various customs and practices current in Mahārāstra are recorded in the Jain texts. The people of Mahārāstra were known for their talkative nature.⁵²⁶ In this country the wine sellers⁵²⁷ and the barbers⁵²⁸ were not despised, and a flag was always seen here on the wine-shops whether there was wine or not.⁵²⁹ A curious practice by the naked Jain monks of Mahārāstra of wearing a ring (*ventaka*) on their penis is referred to in the *Brhatkalpa Bhāsya*⁵³⁰