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LIFE IN ANCIENT INDIA
Various customs and practices current in Mahārāstra are recorded in the Tain texts. The people of Mahārāstra were known for their talkative nature.696 In this country the wine sellers 527 and the barbers688 were not despised, and a flag was always seen here on the wineshops whether there was wine or not.548 A curious practice by the naked
monks of Mahārāstra of wearing a ring (ventaka) on their penis is referred to in the Brhatkalpa Bhāsya 680
The following words current in Mahārāstra are recorded pälaka531 (a vegetable), aganthima53a (plantain chips), kū7 a583 (ricc), anna:34 (a common word for calling out people) and māuggāma 535 /women)
Marahatta is identified with the present Marāthă country, the country watered by the upper Godavari and that lying between that river and the Krishna 538
Maru or Maruya- a country
Maru was located on the way to Ujjeni from Viibhaya,587
There was excessive sand in this country and so nails were stuffcd in earth for guidance of the travellers.638 It is stated that for fetching water, people started at night and travelled a long distance in this country.680
It is also called Marusthali or Marudhanva. It denotes the whole of Rajputana."40
Māsa or Aläsapuri—a city
Māsa was the capital of Puriyatta, one of the twenty five and a half Āryan countries Māsapuri is also stated to be a sākha of the Jain sramanar.541
It is not identifiable.
630 Vya Bha. 7. 126. 637 Brh. Bha Vf., 1. 1239 518 Acā Cū., p. 233. 510 Brh. Bhā 2. 3539. 830 1 2637. 631 BTh Bha, 1. 2094. 531 Visi Cu , 16. p 183 (Mss) 538 See under Läta.
Das Cü , p. 250. 636 Visi Cū, 6, p. 1 (Mss). 886 G EB, p. 57. $37 Aca. ci, p 400 ff. 538 Süva. Ti., 1 11, p 196. 383 Nisi. Cu , 16. p. 1097. 540 G.D., p. 127. 541 Kalpa. 8, p. 230.
