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 [Ch. IV (devadūsa)! and his disciples, Skandaka and Simha are found wearing a cīvara (monk's robe), and a muhapattiya (a piece of mouth covering cloth) respectively.
Dresses of the monks belonging to the heterogenous reli. gious orders usually consisted of one or two clothes, such as, pottiya (a kind of monk's dress)' or dhāturattavattha (red.coloured robe) or vāgalavattha (bark-cloth) or cela (monk's robe),' etc. while those of the Nirgrantha ascetic comprised one dūsa or devadūsa (one piece of divine cloth),8 cīvara' (robe) and one muhapattiya (i. e. mukhavastra),10
Besides these, other articles, such as, tidamda (tripple sta yes), chattayam (umbrella), vāhaņão (shoes), pāuā (wooden sandals), kesariya (duster)," etc. also formed the part of the general dress of the parivrājaka monks and other ascetics and the rajaharana (duster)13 and blanket (karbala)23 that of the Nirgrantha monks.
The accounts of dresses as given in the BLS are also corro. borated by the other Jaina texts.
In addition, they provide a long list of various kinds of dresses used by the householders, Jaina monks and nuns.
Thus the Brhatkal pa Bhāsyal mentions four kinds of garments worn on four occasions, viz. dresses for daily use, after bath, on the days of festivals and fairs and at the time of going to visit the king, nobles and others.
The other Jaina works refer to various kinds of fine fabric used by the people of their periods, such as, wollen.cloth
1 Bhs, 15, 1, 541. ? 16, 2, 1, 96. 3 16, 15, 1, 557.
Ib, 11, 9, 417 (See com.). 5 I, 2, 1, 90. 6 Ib, 11. 9. 417.
7 10, 11, 9, 417; 15, 1, 541. , 15, 1, 541.
9 Ib, 2, 1, 96. 10 10, 15, 1, 557.
11 1, 2, 1, 90. 13 16, 9, 33, 385.
13 Ib, 2, 5, 107. 14 Brhatkalpa Bhāsya. Pithikā, 644. Vide 'Life in Ancient India'
by Dr. J. C. Jain, p. 123 f. 17. 62.