[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) › 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 Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c9.s19.55 - **Language:** English ### [c9.s19.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.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 - [Previous: c9.s19.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c9.s19.54) - [Next: c9.s19.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c9.s19.56) - [Up: c9.s19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c9.s19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c9.s19.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c9.s19.55) · Pramāṇa