Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c9.s19.5

c9.s19.5

People were fond of luxuries and varieties of luxurious cloth are mentioned. The oldest list of textiles is given in the *Ācārāṅga*.⁶³ Cloth made from wool (*jaṅgiya* or *jaṅghika*), *bhaṅga*⁶⁴ (*bhaṅgiya*), hemp (*sāṇya*), palm leaves⁶⁵ (*pottaga*), linen⁶⁶ (*khomiya*) and *tūla* (*tūlakada*). It is stated that a monk or a nun may beg for above mentioned cloths.⁶⁷