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 SÚTRA
(Ch. IV
The other Jaina texts mention various kinds of dūsa cloths, such as, vijayadūsa”, kovaya, pāvāraga", dādhiāli (clean white cloth like the row of teeth), sacks, elephant-housing, etc., woven with coarse yarn (pari) and cloth woven with double yarn (virali).
As regards the dresses of the Jaina monks and nuns a good account of them is found in different Jaina texts.
Thus in the Uttaradhyayana Sutra' two garments.-under and upper (santaruttara) are found to have been prescribed by Lord Pārsvanātha for the use of a monk (i. e. Jaina ascetic), while in the Acārānga Sūtra’ there is the reference to three robes-two linen (Icsomika) under garments (omu cela) and one woollen cloth (aurņika).
It further states that a katibandha" (also called aggoyara), having the size of four fingers broad in width and one hand in length was allowed to be put on to cover the private parts in the case of those monks who felt shy to go without clothing.
This Katibandha was substituted by Colapattaka in later times
In the Brhatkal pa Bhāsya' only the garment without flinges (dasā) is prescribed for the use of the Jaina monks.
Similarly there are many references in the Jaina texts to various kinds of dresses used by the Jaina nuns, e.g. Uggahananțaga (a piece of cloth to cover their privities, tied with a patta round the waist), addhoruga (it is worn over the uggahananțaga and patta to cover the waist), unsewn calanikā (covering knees), abbhintur. aniyamsiņi (it covered the part from the waist to balf length of the thighs) and bahiniyamsiņi (it was tied to the waist with
1 Rayapaseniya Sutra, 43, p. 100.
Brhatkalpa Bhāsya, 3, 3823 f. Pāvāra is referred to in the
Mahābhārata (II. 71. 48). 8 16. (See also 'Life in Ancient India' for details, p. 130). 4 Uttarādhyayana, 23, 29.
• Ācāranga Sutra, 7, 4, 280. 8 Ācāränga Sūtra, 7, 6, 220.
Brhatkalpa Bhāsya, 3,3905 f.