Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c9.t20.22

c9.t20.22

Then among the articles of toilets and cosmetics of women mention may be made of collyrium box (añjanī),²³⁵ lodhra-powder, lodhra-flowers, pills (guliyā), kustha, tagara, agaru²³⁶ pounded with usīra, oil for anointing the face and lip-salve (nandicunna). Myrobalans (āmalaga), stick to paint the mark upon the forehead (tilakaraṇi), pin to apply collyrium²³⁷ to the eyes (añjanalāgā), pincers (sandāsaga), comb (phantha), ribbon to bind up the hair (sīhalipāsaga), looking glass (ādamsaga), areca nut (pāyaphala) and betel (tambolaya)²³⁸