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LIFE IN ANCIENT INDIA
The Bhagavatt along with kappasiya, patta and dugulla mentions the padaga cloth, which is explained as tasar by the commentator. The Anuyogadvāra Sutra, which is undoubtedly a later work.mentions the following five varieties of cloth: cloth made from eggsøl (andaga), cotton stalks (bondaya), insects (kidaya), hair (vālaya) and bark (vägaya).
Dūsa or dūsya was another variety of cloth. Devadūsa (divine dūsa) is mentioned. It is stated that Mahāvīra joined the ascetic order wearing it on his left shoulder. Later on, this piece of cloth was estimated costing hundred thousand pieces of money (sayasahassamollam). With the vijayadūsa is mentioned another variety of cloth which was as white as the conch-shell, kunda flower, spray of water and foam of the ocean.93 The Brhatkalpa Bhasya mentions five kinds of dūsya : koyava, păvăraga,94 clean white cloth like the row of teeth (dādhiālı), sacks, elephant-housing, etc. which are woven with coarse yarn (pure) and cloth woven with double yarn (virali).96 The commentary on the Thānānga gives palhavi or pallavi (a cloth thrown on elephant's back) and navayaa (woollen shect) in place of the last two mentioned articles. Another list of the five düsyas is : pillow (upadhāna, also known as bibboyanā), mattress stuffed with cotton (tuli), 87 mattress of the size of a human being (älingant or alingana), cushions for cheek (gandovahāna) and round cushions (masüraka) 98.
We came across various other terms such as couch, bedsheet and cushions. The couch (sayanija) of Tisalā was furnished with the mattress of a man's length sälinganavattio), with pillows (bibboana) on both sides, it was raised on both sides and hollow in the middle, was extremely soft, was covered with linen and duküla cloth, it contained a well-worked bedsheet (ayattāna), and covercd with a beautiful red cloth (rattaṁsuya) soft to touch like fur, cotton fibres and butter.88
Soft towels dyed with fragrant saffron were used to rub the body after bath 100 Then the Kalpa sūtra refers to a curtain (javanzyā) adorned with different jewels and precious stones, manufactured in a famous town (varapattanuggaya),101 its soft cloth was covered with hundreds of patterns and decorated with pictures of wolves, bulls, horses, men, dolphins, birds, snakes, kinnaras, deer, sarabhas, yaks, elephants, shrubs and plants.202
(varapatte jewels anhalpa stragrant sa butter.08."
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91 According to the commentary (Su 37), it was made from the egg of a swan (hamsa), which is unintelligible Perhaps it is same as 'andi' cloth in Hindi
92 Acă cu , P 208 Cf Sureyyala dūsa in the Mahāragga (VIII 1 29), it was a cloth piece from Sivi costing hundred thousands picces of money. Dussayugam is mention d in the Mashma 1 p 215.
83 Rāya. 43, p 100 94 See Supra Also cf the explanation given by the commentator, 96 3 3823 f. 90 4 310, p. 222. 97 Tülika (quilts stuffed with cotton wool) is also mentioned in the Digha, 1, p. 7. 99 Brh Bha, op.cit 09 Kalba 3. 32; Nava. 1. p. 4. 100 Ora Sū 31, p. 122. 101 Brought from a noble workshop (Anta. trans, by Barnett, p. 22). 803 4.63.
