Angavijja

SR No.: 001439
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Punyavijay, Dalsukh Malvania, H C Bhayani
Publisher: Prakrit Text Society Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 2000
Total Pages: 470
Language: Prakrit
Classification: Book_Devnagari, Agam, Canon, Jyotish, & agam_anykaalin
File Size: 12 MB

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ANGAVIJJA-PRAKIRNAKA mentioned : tāta, datta, diņņa, mitta, gutta, bhūta, päla, pāli, samma, yasa, räta, ghosa, bhānu, viddhi, nandi, nanda, mana, uttarā, pālita, rakhi, nandana, nandaka, sahitamahaka. (153).
Chapter twenty-seven describes the names of officers : rayakammika and amachcha (minister), nayaka (leader); asanattha bhändägarika (treasurer), abbhāgārika (chamberlain), mahanasika (chief cook), gayadhiyakkha (chief of elephant forces); majjaghariya (chief of the royal booth), panaghariya (officer in charge of waterhouse), návādhiyakkha (admiral of the navy), suvaņņādhiyakkha (officer in charge of gold), hatthiadhigata (officer in charge of elephant stable), assao (offcer in charge of horse stables), yoggāyariya (officer in charge of conveyances), govayakkha (superintendent of herds), padihara (chamberlain), ganikakhansa (officer in charge of courtezans), balaganaka or ņāyaka (officer in charge of a section of army), pachchantapāla (warden of the marches), varisadhara (head of eunuchs), ärāmapāla (garden--officer), sandhipāla (member of war and peace), sisärakkha (chief of the bodyguards), patiärakkha (body-guard), suńka säliya (superintendent of customs), rajjaka or padhavavata (washerman), ādavika (superintendent of forests), nagarādhiyakkha (city-magistrate), susanavävata (superintendent of cemetry), sūņāvavata (incharge of slaughter-houses), chäraka pāla (superintendent of spies), phalādhiyakkha (superintendent of fruits), pupphao (superintendent of flowers), purohita (royal priest), àyudhäkärika (artificer of weapons), korthakārika (tresurer). (159).
In the twenty-eighth chapter a fairly long list of professions is given. There are five kinds of professions : rayaporisa (government officers), vavahāra (trade and commerce), kasi-gorakkha (agriculture and animal husbandry), kärukamma (art and crafts) and bhati (work on daily wages or labour). In the first class of government officials are mentioned rāyamaccha, amaccha, assavārika, āsavāriya, abbhantarāvachara (spy), abbhākāvachara (superintendent of the harem), bhändägäriya, sisärakkha, pațihāraka, süta, mahānasika, majjaghariya or pāniyaghariya (officer in charge of wine cellars), hatthädhiyakkha or mahāmatta or battimentha. The officers in charge of cavalary are assadhiyakkha, assārodha, assabandhaka, officer in charge of sheep (chhăgalika), officer in charge of cows (gopāla), officer in charge of buffaloes (mahisipāla), superintendent of camels (uttapala), hunter (magaluddhaga), shephard (orabbhika), ahinipa. Superintedents of royal stables are assātiyakkha, hatthādhiyakkha, elephant-rider (hatthäroha), elephant-driver (haththimahämatta), lord of elephants (gajadhipati) and cattle enumerator (gosankhi) are also officers. Bhandägărika or kosarakkha was an officer in charge of stores and custom duties; savvädhikata received all kinds of royal tributes; lekhaka had all scripts at his finger tips (angulisu savvalipigate); samvachchhara, the royal astrologer, dārădhigata and dārapāla controlled the entrance and exit of the visitors; balaganaka or senapati was commander of the army, abbhāgărika or ganikākhamsaka looked after the courtezans; varisadhara is eunuch; vatthadhigata was in charge of royal wardrobe; nagaraguttiya the city superientendent of police. The messenger is data, jainaka, pesamakärka, and patihāraka. The following officers are connected with water navigation : tarapaatta (officer in charge of ferry charges), năvădhigata (admiral), titthapāla (warden of the river crossings). Then there are officers in charge of water (paniyaghariya), bathroom (phanaghariya) and wine cellars (surăgharita). Officers in charge of wood, grass (katthadhikata, tana) are there; biyapala was in charge of seeds. Opasejjika was in charge of the royal beds; sisarakkha, the head body-guard. The superintedent of garden (ärämädhigata), superintendent of police (nagararakkha), officer in charge of aśoka garden (asokavanikāpāla), officer in charge of arrows (vāņādhigata), officer in charge of omaments (ābharanadhigata). (159-160).
Then follows a long list of professions : trader (vavaharin), naval architect (udakavaddhaki), fishermen (macchabandha), boatmen (navika), oarsmen (bāhuvika), goldsmith (suvannakära), lac dyemaker (alittakakāra), dyer specialising in red (rattarajjaka), image-maker (devada), dealer in wool (unnavāniya), dealer in yarn (suttavaniya), lacquer-worker (jatukāra), painter (chittakāra), player on instruments (chittavāji) ?, utensil-maker (tatthakāra), ironsmith (lohakära), sitapettaka ?, dyer (suddharajaka), potter (kumbhakära), bronzesmith (kāṁsakāraka) silkweaver (kosakāra), cloth-dealer (dussika), dyer (rayaka), silk-weaver (kosejja), bark--fibre weaver (väga), butcher of sheep and buffaloes (orabbhika-mahisaghấtaka). sugarcane crusher (ussanika), umbrellamaker (chhattakäraka), eaming livelihood by cloth-trade (vatthopajivika), dealers in fruits, roots and grains (phalavaniya, müla, dhanna), boiled rice seller (odanika), meat-seller (masa-väņijja), bean-seller (kammāsa-vānijja), maker of groats (tappana), dealer in salt (loņa), cake maker (apūpika), maker of khājā sweet (khajjakäraka), green grocer (pannaka), dealer in ginger (singare-vāniya), profession of toiletmaking (pasādhaka), aggi-upajivi or āhitaggi, actor (kusilava) or rangāvachara, perfumer (gandhika), garland maker (mālākāra), maker