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 SUTRA
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The use of 'Vyanjana' (sauce or condiment) was imperative to make the food palatable, as it is indicated by the words 'āsāemāņā (tasting)................... paribhurrjemāņā (enjoying) and paribhāemāņā (giving or distributing) asanań (food), pāņaň (drink), khāiman (sweets) and sāiman (dainties). Food was also mixed up with the other eatable articles to make it more tasteful. Different kinds of food
The Bls gives a list of the following staple foods and their prepared products used by the people of the society as depicted in this work.
Cereals
Sāli (a kind of rice harvested in the winter season), Vihi (a best type of rice), Godhima (wheat), Java (barley), Javajuvā (a kind of Jowar), “Sālīņam vīhīņam Godhūmāņam javāṇam-javajavāņam cesi ņam dhannāņam” and Nipphāva (a kind of wheat).' Pulses
Kalāya, Masira (a sort of lentil), Mugga (Phaseolus Mungo), Māsa (a valued kind of pulse having seeds marked with black and grey spots, Phaseolus Radiatus), Kulattha (cabalikākārāḥ, Dolichos Uniflorus), Alisan laga (cabalaka prakārāḥ), Satīņa (tubar canā, Pisum Arvense) and Palimanthaga (matara), Vrtta canakah (Round pulse).
Other grains?
Ayasi (bhangi, linseed); Kusuñbhaga (latta, Safflower, Carthamus Tinctorius); Koddava, a species of grain eaten by the poor people (Paspalum Scrobiculatum); Kangu (millet, a kind of parric seed); Varaga (Varatto or tubari, a king of grain); Rālaga (Karguvisesa, the resin of Shorea Robusta); Kodisaga® ; Sarisavao
1 BhS, 12, 1, 438. 2 16, 7, 1, 268. 8.5 1b, 6, 7, 246 ; 21, 2, 691. & According to Webber ‘Alisamdaga' was a grain imported to
India from Alexandria after the name of which it is called
Alisardaga. See Indian Antiquary Vol. XIX. ? Bhs, 6, 7, 246. 8 The Mahabharata refers to Karadusaka as best corn (III. 193.19.).
9 BhS, 6, 7, 246; 18, 10, 647; 23, 5, 693. 30