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MATERIAL CULTURE
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be seen as two head-ornaments of the kings coming to salute the king Târápida.1 Patļa was a golden frontlet measuring four fingers; the chief queen and the vassal kings ( pattabaddho-rayà no ) were privileged to wear the same. According: to Varāhamihira, patta was made with pure gold (višuddhakañcana-vinirmitaḥ ), and only the king, the crown-prince, thechief queen and the commander-in-chief were entitled to wear the golden frontlet.
The ear-rings (karṇabharana ) were styled as kundalas or kanna päraga. Various varieties of the ear-rings were in vogue. In the Kadambari king Śūdraka is also mentioned as “having his ears adorned with a pair of karnapüra embedded with precious gems.»7
A large variety of the necklaces was to be found. Thenecklace was termed either after its material or according to the style in which it was made. The following varieties of the necklaces have been mentioned-hara was a chain of eighteen strings of pearlse; addhahara was made with nine strings®;
Cūdāmani, also called cūdāratana, is mentioned in the Alina Copperplate-grant of Silāditya VII (CII. III (39), p. 173, also p. 176 ). Cüdāmani has sometimes also been called śikhāmani, because it was. to be fixed on the tuft of the head (see-Vimalasûri's Paumacariya, 3. 98, 7, 106; sec also D. C. Ganguli's article-Jeu ellery in Ancienti
India, JISOA. X, pp. 140-49 ). 1. Agrawala, Kādambari--Eka Sāmskttika Adhyayana, p. 29. 2. qat T0371 TT-NC. 2, p. 398. 3. NC, 3, p. 147. 4. BỊhatsanhita, 4912-15. 5. I FUHRU1_NC. 2, p. 398; NC. 1, p. 130. 6. NC. 2, p. 396. 7. Agrawala, op. cit., p. 31. 8. 377 OTCFORT311--NC. 2, p. 398.
The necklace worn by Mālati in the Hariacarita ( pp. 116-17, text Pp. 21-24) is also termed as hära. See also-CII. III (10), pp.
42, 45. 9. og Eger-NC. 2, p. 398.
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