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Source: Singhi Jain Series: Ratnaprabha-suri’s Kuvalayamala-katha (history)1) Collecting (loads of timber for plank and fuel) refers to certain preparatory rituals performed before Sea-voyages in ancient India (known in Prakrit as: jattā, or Sanskrit: yātrā), and was vividly depicted in the Kathās (narrative poems) such as Uddyotanasūri in his 8th-century Kuvalayamālā (a Prakrit Campū, similar to Kāvya poetry).—Details of preparation for sea-voyage are given which include the following items relating to preparatory ritual and the equipment of the ship: [e.g., collecting loads of timber for plank and fuel;] [...]. When the ship was to take off auspicious musical instruments were sounded, conch-shells were blown, auspicious songs were sung, [...].
2) Collecting wine (on the drinking tables) formed part of the tasks performed to beautify the Sleeping chamber (of young ladies) in Ancient India,.—The Kuvalayamala (779 A.D.) is full of cultural material which gains in value because of the firm date of its composition. [...] Page 83.3-9: Here is the description of the house or the sleeping chambers of young ladies which were beautified for the reception of their husbands. The select items in this list are as follows: [e.g., collecting wine on the drinking tables;] [...]
3) Collecting (heaps of pulse) (by farmers) represents a scene of human life commonly depicted on the Saṃsāracakra paintings in ancient India, according to the Kuvalayamālā.—Page 185.21 f.: Here follows a description of a printed scroll illustrating the Jaina conception of saṃsāracakra. [...] The saṃsāra-cakra illustrated the three worlds of hell, human world and the world of gods. [For example:] Farmers harvesting ripe crops and collecting heaps of pulse and paddy and crushing them with bullocks tied to the middle of the post.
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Parables of Rama (by Swami Rama Tirtha)
Story 105 - Life is too sacred to be wasted < [Chapter XV - Renunciation]
Story 109 - Turning Water into Wine < [Chapter XVI - Self Realization]
Shaiva Upanishads (A Critical Study) (by Arpita Chakraborty)
15. Four-fold method of preparing Bhasma < [Chapter 2 - Greatness of Bhasma and Dhāraṇa]
Vinaya Pitaka (3): Khandhaka (by I. B. Horner)
Nine cases on without collecting < [7. Kaṭhina]
The story of one gone forth when old < [6. Medicine (Bhesajja)]
On obstacles and not-obstacles < [7. Kaṭhina]
Bharadvaja-srauta-sutra (by C. G. Kashikar)
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 7.60 < [Section IV - Duties of the King]
Verse 7.81 < [Section VII - Domestic Duties]
Verse 5.59 < [Section VII - Impurity due to Death]
Shishupala-vadha (Study) (by Shila Chakraborty)
Tax in the Śiśupālavadha < [Chapter 5 - Policies of taxation]
Dūta in the Śiśupālavadha < [Chapter 2a - Activities of ambassador (Dūta)]
Sāmā, Dāna, Bheda and Daṇḍa < [Chapter 4 - Activities of spy]
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