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Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c9.t14.2

Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c9.t14.2

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¹⁷⁷ *Karaya* or *dhammakaraya* is mentioned as a water-pot used by the Jain monks (*Brh Bhā* 1. 2882, 2890). It is also referred to in the *Cullavagga* (V. 13 1) with a strainer so fixed into it that a quantity of water could be filtered quickly. Perhaps it was a wooden pot.

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