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This cost is given according to the rūvaga of Pāțaliputra", but it has not been made clear as to how much cloth could be bought for this price.
Clothes for Different Occasions—Due consideration was given to the fact that the dress worn by an individual was befitting the occasion. Four types of garments are mentioned in the NC. : (i) niyaṁsaņa, (ii) majjaņiya, (iii) chanīsaviya and (iv) rājaddāriya.” Niyamsaņas were the garments that were worn daily at home during day or night.' The lower as well as upper garment of daily wear was included in this group. The majjaniya. garments were worn at the time or after taking bath and visiting the temple. Prabhāvatī, the queen of king Udayana, is mentioned to have gone to the temple to propitiate the deity in pure white clothes ( suddha-vā sa, sukilla-vāsa) after taking her bath. People clad in different types of fine and. beautiful attires (vividhaveşa) proceeded to attend the garden. parties? or functions; such garments were known as chanīsaviya, i.e. to be worn at the time of feasts and festivals.* Lastly, räjaddariya were the garments that were worn while visiting the king or nobles.
Seasonal Clothes-Proper clothes were selected in order to suit the season. The kāṣāya clothes dyed in red colour (kāṣāya) were appreciated in summer, wrappers (pavāra) were worn in winter, while the clothes dyed with saffron ( kurkuma) were supposed to be fit for the rainy season. 10 Clothes dyed.
1. NC. 2, p. 95. 2. NC. 3, p. 556, also p. 578; Bịh. Bhā., p. 644. 3. forran fagurat Igre1NC. 3, p. 466. 4. "fizigut" HIT HIETTT.....TF5Tui fù a 300—NC. 3, p. 566.... 5. " HE" fervatat or utafa qiyah atat a' Fritz-NC 3, p. 566... 6. Efacec7a-4fTET-NC. 3, p. 142; afteTAT CA NC. 3, p. 143. 7. NC. 4, pp. 24, 40. 8. Evita serait souchat, affa aftiesala a' ghazi-NC. 3, p. 566.: 9. fprei aaaat sige trazi -Ibid. 10. FOTFE GET IT, fafit gratuiflet, atata bigaifa afani-NC. 2, p. 94;
Bih. V. 4, P: 1068; cf. Kālidāsa, Rtusamhāra, VI. 4.
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