Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c9.t5.1
Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c9.t5.1
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c9.t5.1
Coming to the forest lands,⁹¹ India seems to have been rich in forest tracts. A forest (aḍavī) of eighteen yojanas is mentioned near Rāyagiha.⁹² Almost the whole country was covered with a large variety of trees. Many species of trees covered with fruits and flowers, are mentioned: nimba, āmra, jambu, sāla, aṅkola, bakula, palāsa, putrañjīva, bibhītaka, siṁśapā, śrīparṇī, asoka, tinduka, kapittha, mātuḷiṅga, bilva, āmalaga, phanasa, dāḍima, aśvattha, udumbara, vaṭa, nandī, tilaka, śirīṣa, saptaparṇa, lodhra, candana, arjuna, tālatamāla and others.⁹³