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ANGAVIJJĀ-PRAKIRŅAKA malakamma. The rich merchants were those dealing in wrought gold, unwrought gold (heraņņika sauvaņņika), sandal-wood, cloth and were called devada. There was an officer in charge of animal fodder (gavajjhabhatikārka), oyakāra-odda (diggers of soil), malakhāņaka (the foundation diggers), iddkāra (the brick layers), bālepatunda, suttavatta, architect, the relief-carver (rūvapakkhara) phalakäraka (engraver of sword blades) sīkaharaka, amaddahāraka are all terms connected with building industry. The weavers are of silk (kosajjavāyaka), shawl (diandakambalavāyaka) and kolika. In the class of doctors are physicians (vejja), healers of the body (kāyategichchhaga), surgeon (sallakatta), eye-surgeon (sālāki), wich doctor (bhatavijjika), physician for children (komārabhichcha), poison doctor (visatitthika). Then illusionist (māyākāraka), goripādhaka, pole dancers lankhaka), boxers (mutthika), ballad singers (lasaka), jesters (velambak), barber (gandaka) and criers (ghosaka) are mentioned. (160-161).
In the twenty-ninth chapter certain details about ancient Indian cities are given. The cities are divided according to the four var ņas : i. e. Brāhmaṇa, Kshatriya, Vaisya and Sadra. The capital is rājadhānī, the suburb säkhānagara. The city was permanently or temporarily inhabited and it had heavy or scanty rainfall and was either inhabited by thieves (choranagara) or gentlemen. The city was either one's own or others. It was either long, round or square, was provided with the city-wall made of wood, or brick. It was oriented to the south or left, surrounded by a forest, garden, hill, etc. Emphasis is also laid on its climatic conditions and due stress is laid on its prosperity or adversity. (151-162).
In the thirtieth chapter ornaments are described. The ornaments are of three kinds-(1) made of chank-shell, pearls, ivory, buffalo-horn, hair and bone ; (2) made of wood, flowers, fruits and leaves; and (3) made of gold, silver, copper, lead, iron, tin, brass, (ārakāda), pig iron (kāla-loha) ?, hyacintb, carnelian (lohitakka) coral, garnet (rattakkhāra maņi). In white class comes white crystal, vimalaka, setakkhāramaņi; in black class pig iron, antimony and black khāramaņi, in blue class, sapphire (nīlakkhāramaņi); in red class gold, silver, metals, carnelian and masarakalla. The metals were beaten, the khāramaņis were perhaps scalloped, precious coral and chank were rubbed (ghattha), and the pearls were smoothened (parimaddita). The ornaments for the head are ochülaka, ņandiviņaddhaka, apalokanika and sisopaka ; for the ears talapattaka, kannuppilaka. The eyes were decorated with collyrium, the brows with the lampblack, the temple with orpiment, hingula (cinnabar) and realgar (manaþśilā); the lips with lacdye. The neck ornaments are vaņņasutta, tipisāchaka (three goblins), vijjādharaka, asimālika (row of swords), hāra, addhahāra, puchchhalaka, ävalikā, manisomāņaka (stepped ornament), athamangalaka (a necklace of eight auspicious signs), pechukā, vāyumuttă, vuppasutta, padisarā-khāramani, kattbevattaka; for arms angaja; for hands hatthakadaga, kadage, ruchaga, suchika ; for fingers anguleyaka, muddeyaka, veņķaka ; for the waist kañchi-kalāpaka and mekhalā; for legs gandu-payaka, ņipura and pariheraka; for the feet khinkhiņika, khattiyudhammaka and pādamuddikā. (162-163.)
In chapter thirty-one the textile materials are divided into three classes-(1) made of hair etc.; (2) made of silk, patijja (v.l. paunna-patrorņa) and wool. Wool was obtained from quadrupeds and silk and patrorņa from insects. The basic textile materials are linen (khoma), dukulla, chinese silk (chiņapatta) and cotton (savvakappāsika) Linen and dukulla and chiņapata are said to have been made from the fibre. The cotton cloth includes materials made from cotton pod, arka-cotton, goat's wool (pahmagatapakshmagata). The textiles made from metals are lohajālika (chain armour) suvannapata gold brocade) and tinsel printing (suvanna-khasita, var.-khachiya). Then the various conditions of a textile piece are re-counted. It is uncalendered (ahata), old (parijunna), very costly (paraggha), reasonably
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