Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c9.s19.44

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We came across various other terms such as couch, bedsheet and cushions. The couch (*sayaṇijja*) of Tisalā was furnished with the mattress of a man’s length (*sāliṅganavattu*), with pillows (*bibboana*) on both sides, it was raised on both sides and hollow in the middle, was extremely soft, was covered with linen and *dukūla* cloth, it contained a well-worked bedsheet (*ayattāṇa*), and covered with a beautiful red cloth (*rattaṃsuya*) soft to touch like fur, cotton fibres and butter.⁹⁹