Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c9.t20.1

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Flowers were grown in large quantities as we have seen. The garland-makers made beautiful garlands and bouquets,220 which are described as filling the ten quarters with their delightful fragrance and charmingly interwoven with fragrant flowers of all seasons and of various colours, attracting swarms of bees221 producing sweet sounds. We hear of Ajjunaya, a garland-maker who had a flower-garden (pupp'ārāma) in Rāyagiha where flowers of fine colours were grown Ajjunaya used to go to the garden every day with his flower-basket (patthiya : piḍaga) to gather flowers and sell them on the high-road of the town.²²² Pupphachajjiya, pupphapaḍalaga, pupphacangerī are mentioned as flower baskets.²²³