Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c9.s15.9

c9.s15.9

Among other preparations mention is made of pejja (made of gruel or decoction of some kind of pulse or rice), ghayapunna (ghevara in Hindi), pālangamāhuraya (a sweet liquid preparation of the mango or lemonjuice),⁷ sīhakesara⁸ (a sweet), moraṇḍaka (a sweet made of oil seed)⁹, maṇḍaka, a cake stuffed with molasses and ghee.¹⁰ Then āhaḍiyā was a special sweet coming from one house to another as present.¹¹ Pulāka was a special dish.¹² Then we had guliyā or tablets made from the powder of the tubara tree which were used by the sādhus. The khoḷās were dried pieces of cloths moistened with milk; these were washed and this water was used for drinking purposes.¹³