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MATERIAL CULTURE
163 case the cotton-cloth (kappa siya) was not available, the monks were to take the bark-cloth (vā gamaya), then the patta-cloth and lastly the silken cloth (kosiyāra). Similarly, when the woollen cloth was not available, the bark-cloth (vā gamaya), the silken cloth (kosiyara) and finally the patta-cloth could be accepted in its place.1
Of these three clothes, the two cotton-clothes were to be used as under-garments and the woollen cloth was to be used only as outer-covering to protect the body against cold climate or rains. The reverse of it, i.e. wearing the woollen cloth inside and the cotton-cloth outside, was not allowed, since it was believed that the woollen clothes could easily get soiled, attracted the lices and were difficult to wash, while the cotton-clothes on the other hand could absorb the dirt and were easy to wash.'
These three clothes were common to all the Jaina monks following the zinakalpa (avisuddha-zinakal pa) as well as the Sthadirakal pa mode of life, but the latter also accepted as extra colapatta during the rainy season. The colapatta was made with a cloth of two hands, length and one hand's width and was used as a square piece by folding it once. However, if the cloth was not so strong, a length of four hands was taken and it was folded twice before being used. Besides, certain minor items of clothes like the muha pottiya (a cloth for covering the mouth), padala (a piece used to protect the alms vessel) and kappa ( a general term for the various requisites of the Jaina monks) have also been mentioned", which were kept by the monks for maintaining proper discipline in the Church.
1, Ibid. 2. Ibid. 3. NC. 2, p. 58; BỊh. V!. 4, p. 1019. 4. NO. 2, pp. 57, 188; NC. 4, p. 141. 5. NC. 4, p. 141. 6. Ibid. 7. NC. 2, p. 93.
Padala and kappa are technical terms for clothes required by t monks. Motichandra's explanation of pa.a! 'id: as 'pacfined clo
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