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HISTORY OF JAINA MONACHISM
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(5) Antoniyansaņī:
This covered the portion of the body from the waist upto half of the thighs (addhajanghāö).112
(6) Bāhiraniyamsarī:
The portion of the body from the waist upto the ankles was covered with this piece of clothing and it was tied with strings at the waist (kadi ya doreņa paţibaddhā).113
Clothes Worn on the Upper Part of the Body: 114 (1) Kañcuka:
It covered the breasts and was probably unsewn (asīviyā). The standard size consisted of two and a half hands in length and one hand in breadth. It varied according to different persons, as the measure is prescribed according to the nun's own fore-arm 115
(2) Okacchiya:
It was more or less similar to the previous one (evameva), but was tied on the left shoulder. It covered the back and the breasts.116
(3) Vegacchi:
It was a piece of cloth which covered 'kañcuka' and the 'okacchiya' and was tied on the right shoulder.117
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(4) Sanghādī:
These were four (caüra) in number. That which was two hands in length was used in the nunnery. The other two which were three hands in measure (tihatthāyāmā) were used when going for the alms-round and for easing nature. The fourth one which was four hands (caühattha) in length, was used when going for religious sermons or congregations118 (samosarana).
112. Ibid., 316. 113. Ibid., 316. 114. Brh. kalp. bha. Vol. IV, 4088-91 115. Ogha-N. bhā. 317. 116. Ibid. 117. Ibid., 318.
118. Ibid., 318-19; Bịh. kalp. bhā. Vol. IV, 4089-90. BULL, DCRI.--61
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