Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c9.t12.10

c9.t12.10

Smith shops (*kammārasālā* *aggikamma*)¹⁶⁴ are mentioned. There was one such shop in Vesālī.¹⁶⁵ Smith’s shops were also known as *samara*¹⁶⁶ or *āesa*.¹⁶⁷ Iron furnaces (*ayakottha*) are referred to which were filled with ore and a man handled it with tongs (*saṃḍasī*), then it was taken and put on the anvil (*aṃhikaraṇī*).¹⁶⁸ Iron was malleted, cut, torn, filed and was moulded by black-smiths.¹⁶⁹