Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c9.t20.4
Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c9.t20.4
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c9.t20.4
Various kinds of garlands (malla : dāma) are mentioned which were made from grass, muñja, reeds (vetta), madana flowers, peacock feathers (piñcha), cotton stalk, horns, conch-shells, bones, bhiṇḍa (Abelmoschus Esculentus), wood, leaves, flowers, fruits, seeds and green grass. The five-coloured garlands of virana grass were made in Mathurā and were worn at the time of cohabitation.²²⁴ Flower-crests (mauḍa) were also known.²²⁵ The doors were decorated with garlands and wreaths at the time of the wedding-ceremony and on other special occasions.