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(iii) Saniya-Saniya was hemp cloth prepared from the fibres of hemp.2 Yuan Chwang also refers to sāņaka as a dark red cloth made from the fibres of the saņaka plant (a kind of hemp cannabis sativa or croloraria juncea) used by the bhikkhus.'
(iv) Pottaga-Potta or pottaga was cotton cloth made from the fibres of the cotton flower.s According to the commentary on the BỊhatkal pa Bhasya, pottaga was the cotton cloth. The Ācārānga-výtti explains it as cloth made from the palmleaves. 5
(v) Tirida patta—Tirida patta or patta was cloth manufactured from the bark of the tirida tree ( Symplocos Racemosa ). "The earlier list of textiles mentioned in the Ācāranga, however, allows the monks to wear the tūlakada cloth in place of the tirida patta.?
These five varieties of cloth were allowed to the Jaina monks for their clothing. The monks, however, were advised to prefer the cotton-cloth, although the other types of cloth could be taken as its alternatives when the cotton cloth was not available.
Costly Clothes-Besides these, a large variety of expensive clothes having fine finish with gold embroidery or inlaid with golden thread were the prised possession of the people. Leather skins were also used to devise garments. The Jaina monks, however, were barred from using such costly variety of cloth. The varieties of expensive clothes mentioned in the N.C. are as follows :
1. NC. 2, p. 57, also pp. 39, 223; Bịh. V r. 4, p. 1018. 2. Watters, op. cit., 1, p. 120. 3. NO. 2, p. 57; see also—NC. 2, pp. 38, 39, 223. 4. liti effetti 1-Brh. Vr. 4, p. 1018.... .5. 11. 5. 1. 364, 368. 6. NC. 2, p. 399; also Brh. Vr. pp. 1018-19. 7. See-Acūrāiiga, II, 5. 1. 364, 368. 8. NO. 2, pp. 398-99.
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