Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c9.s19.55
Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c9.s19.55
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c9.s19.55
About the dress we hear of new (ahaya) and costly (sumahaggaha) clothes.¹⁰⁶ We read that Mahāvīra was clad in a pair of robes (paṭṭa-juyala) so light that the smallest breath would carry them away, they were manufactured in a famous city, praised by clever artists, soft as the fume of horses, embroidered with golden thread by skilful artists and ornamented with designs of flamingoes (haṃsalakkhaṇa).¹⁰⁷