History of Jaina Monachism

SR No.: 001727
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: S B Deo
Publisher: Deccan College Research Institute
Publication Year: 1956
Total Pages: 616
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Principle, & History
File Size: 12 MB

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HISTORY OF JAINA MONACHISM. Certain clothes were to be used in certain cases. The 'uggahaņantaga' or the 'uggahapattaga' was not to be normally used. But in case a monk was suffering from 'bhagandara' (piles), he was allowed to use it as it was not likely to hinder his studies or evoke public condemnation. The bandage was to be washed frequently so as to avoid the wound becoming septic.150 The Style of Wearing Clothes:
In all, the monk put on one woollen and two cotton garments. He could not accept all the three of one type, otherwise he had to face punishment for that.
The cotton clothes were to be worn inside the woollen one. If the former was put over the latter one then it was taken as an effort of decoration on the part of the monk doing so.151
For putting on the clothes improperly, the monk had to undergo the following prāyaścittas : 152 Mula
For putting on an apparel like
that of an householder. Catvāro gurumāsāḥ
For tying the colapattaka (?); (ii) For arranging the ends of the
upper cloth on the two shoulders
so as to resemble the garuda bird; (iii) For placing the upper garment on
one shoulder (?); Catvāro laghavah
For covering both the shoulders
like a nun, Māsalaghu
(i) For tying the head with the gar
ment like a turban, (ii) For arranging the garment on the
shoulder so as to make it hang down like the tail of a cow.
(i)
The Number of Clothes:
The normal number of clothes was three. But if a monk was unable to ward off cold with three clothes, he was allowed to use seven clothes as the maximum, only after the permission of the guru.
150. Bịh, kalp. bha. Vol. IV, 4102-04. 151. Ibid. 3665-67. 152. Ibid. Vol. I, 758.