Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c9.t20.9
Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c9.t20.9
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Perfumes and essential oils were prepared. The oils were prepared from atasi, kusumba and sarisava.²²⁷ Oil was also obtained from the mountain Maru. Sayapāga and sahassapāga were medicinal oils prepared by boiling them a hundred times or a thousand times with the concoction of some medicinal herbs. Other nourishing and exhilarating fragrant oils were known which gave relief to the body. The application of sandalwood paste was very common; various kinds of scented water were known.²²⁸ Perfumes of sweet scents from Dardara and Malaya are mentioned.²²⁹