Studies in the Bhagavati Sutra

Author(s): J C Sikdar
Publisher: Research Institute of Prakrit Jainology & Ahimsa Mujjaffarpur

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STUDIES IN THE BHAGAWATI SŪTRA
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following four kinds of the enjoyable meal, viz. asana, pana, khāima and sāima.
The term Asana' used here denotes solid food, while the other ones, 'Pārı', 'khāima', and 'śāima' stand for drink, sweets, and dainties respectively.
Thus it appears that these four classes of food come under the general category of the above two kinds of the eatable solid and drinkable liquid foods.
According to different conditions, such as, geographical and physical factors the social status and richness of the person, and the availability of the articles of food, there is the further classification of the general meal into several categories, viz. kartārabhatta (food prepared in the forest), dubbhikkhabhatta (food prepared in the famine time), vaddaliyabhatta (food prepared during the rain), gilānabhatta (food prepared for a patient), sejjāyarapinda (meal given by the owner of the Upāsraya), and räyapinda (meal given by the king)".
Besides these, the Bhs mentions the following kinds of cooked food, viz. caru (rice prepared with the mixture of honey and clarified butter for sacrificej", Paramānna (best rice prepared with honey and clarified butter for guests), kummāsapindiya (rice gruel or bean)", suddhodara (pure boiled rice), and atharasavanjana (eighteen kinds of sauce).
The words Thālipāgasuddha's, Urakkhada's and Artha. rasaramjana?, occuring in this canonical work clearly denote cooked food, as is ready for serving direct from the kitchen (Thālipāgasuddhari athārasavarjaņākular bhoyanan".
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1 Bhs, 3, 3, 134 ; 3, 2, 144; 11, 9, 417; 11, 11, 429: 11, 11,
430 ; 12, 1, 438 ; 15,1 541. The term 'Bhatta' is also some.
times used instead of 'Asana' e. g. Bhattajāna (15, 1, 547). ? Ib, 5, 6, 210; 9, 33, 384.
3 lb, 11, 9. 417. 4 10, 15, 1, 541. 6 Ib, 15, 1. 545. 6 16, 3, 1, 134. 7-8 Ib, 7, 10, 306; 12, 6, 456.
9 16, 3, 1, 134, 10 16, 7, 10, 306; 12, 6, 456.
11 Ib. 12, 6, 456.