The Doctrine of the Jainas, Described after the Old Sources c10.34

c10.34

§143. The clothing (*vattha, cela, cīvara*, Ohaṇijj. 669 etc.: *pacchāga*) may be either of wool, hemp, linen, cotton or *tiriṭa* (*Symplocos racemosa*)-bark (K. 2, 29; Ṭhāṇ. 138a); Āyār. II 96, 2; 97, 15 does not refer to the fifth kind and divides the fourth into *khomiya* (allegedly *kārpāsika*) and *tūla-kaḍa* (*arkatūl’ādi-niṣpanna*).¹ Nothing is being said as to the colour of the material which later comes to play an important part in the history of the Order (§ 26. 36). Under certain conditions even furs (*camma*) are admissible (K. 3, 3-6; Nis. 2, 22; 12, 5 (at variance with K. 3, 4); Vav. 8, 5; Āyār. II 106, 8 (comp. 77, 32). In this connexion we hear of *camma*-(pali)*ccheyaṇaga* and *c.-kosaga* which, acc. to the comm., stand for strap or needle and respectively, shoes or pouches. Traces owing to wear and tear, rents, patches (*paḍiyāṇiya*? Nis. 1, 47f.) of stains, of furs with the hair worn off in places, may not be repaired (K. 3, 7-10:Nis. 2, 23f.; Āyār. I 29, 19; 35, 26, etc.; II 96. 16). For further details concerning careful treatment see Āyār.II 5; Nis. 18. The *cela-cilimiṇiyā* or *-liyā* (K. 1, 18) serves for protection, whereas the *cilimili* means a curtain for the nuns' quarters (K. 1, 14).