Book Title: Cultural Study of Nisitha Curni
Author(s): Madhu Sen
Publisher: Sohanlal Jain Dharm Pracharak Samiti Amrutsar

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________________ MATERIAL CULTURE 155 printing.»1 According to Motichandra also it was a particular art of printing with wax.: (xxiv) Abharaṇam Abharaṇa was a printed cloth having a single pattern like the pattern of six leaves etc. (chapatrikadi). S (XXV) Abharana-vicitta-It was a printed cloth having different designs like that of the leaves (patrika), a digit of moon (cand ralekha), fylot (svastika), bell ( ghanţika ), pearl (mottika) etc.* (xxvi-xxvii) Veggha and Vivaggha-Vegghas and Vivagghae were the clothes made from tiger and panther's skin. (xxviii) Uttha-Two explanations of the uttha cloth have been given in the text. According to one, it was a cloth made from the skin of an aquatic animal having the appearance of a dog (sunagagiti) and known as uttha.? According to the other, it was made from the skin of the yellow-deer (gora-miga).8 It can be judged that it was a type of skin-cloth. According to the commentary on the Acāranga also, it was made from the skin of an aquatic cat (udabilāva in Hindi) found in the country of Sindhu. (xxix) Pesa--Pesā in, explained as cloth made from the skin of the pesā animal or from the skin of fish (maccha). 'The 1. LAI., p. 129. "In tinsel printing an adhesive substance is printed over the texture and subsequently dusted with colouring matter and the designs are printed with blocks,'s—Sir George Watt, Indian Art at Delhi, p. 267. 2. Motichandra, op. cit., pp. 152-53. 3. Tra gyfetalla THLUTT Sat–NC. 2, p. 400. 4. आभरणत्थपत्रिकं चंदलेहिक-स्वस्तिक-घंटिक-मोत्तिकमादीहिं मंडिता आभरण-विचित्ता-- Ibid. 5. quafi FR –NC. 2, p. 400. 6. PETIT-7faqrail_Ibid. 7. gorifiaft F ITT ATT af arferoit –Ibid. 8. FOù suifa--JET + TRENTO TUTTA 1 —Ibid. 9. Ācārānga, II. 5. 1. 3-8. U drā is mentioned in the Taittiriyasamhita according to which it was a water-cat (Vedic Index, 1, p. 89; also LAI., p. 123). 10. der har afa 378U1 I 3Toût Hifa_aar ATT Half40 NC. 2, p. 400. Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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