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The Jaina Stupa at Mathura: Art & Icons
used when in need. On the base of belongings, the two traditions of Sramaņas - with the Jinakalpi and Sthavirakalpi came into existence. In Jainism, it is necessary for all ascetics to keep rajastrana or pratilekhana, even if he is practicing nudity. The purpose of keeping the same is for cleaning the place and to save lives of minute insects. The pratilekhana and its synonyms from various texts are given below: 1. Dasavaikālika sūtra - Rajoharana / Pāyapucchana/Gocchaga/Gocchaka. 2. Niśitha bhāșya - Rajoharana/Pāyapurchana. 3. Brhatakalpa-sūtra - Munjachippana. 4. Sthānānga - Payapurchana. 5. Uttarādhayayana-sūtra - Pāyakambala. 6. Mulāacara - Pratilekhana/Padilehana. 7. Bhagavatī-ārādhana - Pratilekhana/Padilehana. 8. Nitisara - Picchi. 9. Bhadrabāhu kriyāsara - Picchi. 10. Ācārānga, Sūtrakstānga, Bhagavatī, Jnātādharma-kathā,
Upāsakadasānga - Pāyapunchana. It seems that in ancient times a piece of blanket was used for cleaning the vessels, which later on was made into rajoharaṇa by folding the same in round to use as a stick with front opening. The upper side was made hard by using dried grass etc. for carrying easily. In the villages there is a still practice of preparing bamboo brooms opening from front. To make Rajoharaṇa, the wool, flax and grass are used. The ascetics on the bas-reliefs of images are carrying rajoharana of various shapes and sizes. In the Khajuraho some of the sculptures of Digambar Áramaņas are holding long rajoharaņas. These may be the Mayūrapiccha shaped like the Rajoharaṇa of Svetāmbara monks. In view of Dr. Jain Sagarmal, "In the scriptures Bhagavatī-ārādhanā and Mulācāra one finds Padilehaņa/Pratilekhana instead of Picchi/Rajoharaṇa which is related with its uses not with its shape and size. It is surprised to note that both the texts have nowhere referred the Mayurpicchi. Though in both the scriptures one finds the five qualities and work done by this object - free from dust and perspiration, delicate, soft and light
