The Doctrine of the Jainas, Described after the Old Sources c10.44

c10.44

§145. The hand-broom, invariably referred to as *raya-hara*, a or *pāya-puṃchaṇa*,² serves for clearing from living beings those places where something is to be laid down or where one wants to step on. Acc. to Ohaṇijj. 710 it represents a specifically characteristic part of the outfit. It has (K. 2, 30= Thāṇ. 338b) fringes of either sheep or camel wool, hemp, *balbaja* grass (*Eleusine indica*) or read, while its handle is made of wood to be covered with a different material (Nis. 2, 1-8 generalized as compared with K. 5, 45f.). This cover consists of two strips of fabric called *niṣadyā* (Sthāṇ. 339b). Acc. to Ohaṇijj. 26 the *pāya-* lehaṇiyā made of different kinds of wood is used instead of the rayaharaṇa during the rainy season (Sthān. 356a).