Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c9.t14.1

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The potters (*kumbhakāra*) made various kinds of pots, jars, bowls and vessels. Saddālaputta is mentioned as a well-known potter of Polāsapura, who owned five hundred shops outside the city, where a number of servants was employed. The usual way of making the wares was this: lumps of clay (*mattiyā*) were kneaded with water and mixed with ashes (*chāra*) and dung (*karīsa*); the mixture was placed on a wheel (*cakka*) and by rotating it various vessels such as *karaya* (*karvā* in Hindī)¹⁷⁷, *vāraya*, *pihadaya*, *ghaḍaya*, *addhaghaḍaya*, *kalasaya*, *aliñjara*, *jambūla*, and *utthyā*¹⁷⁸ were moulded.¹⁷⁹ The wet vessels were then dried and baked.