[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) › c19.1346 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c19.1346](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.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 - [Previous: c19.1345](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1345) - [Next: c19.1347](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1347) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1346](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1346) · Pramāṇa