Gangapatta, Gaṅgāpaṭṭa, Ganga-patta: 1 definition
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Gangapatta means something in the history of ancient India. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Source: Singhi Jain Series: Ratnaprabha-suri’s Kuvalayamala-katha (history)Gaṅgāpaṭṭa (गङ्गापट्ट) refers to a type of fabric (cloth) commonly traded with foreign merchants in ancient India, according to Uddyotanasūri in his 8th-century Kuvalayamālā (a Prakrit Campū, similar to Kāvya poetry).—[...] At Sūrpāraka there was a guild of local merchants. It was their custom to hold a reception in honour of merchants from outside and to learn from them the country of their origin, the destination, field of trade, the nature, value and volume of commodity in which he is interested and all such matters relating to his business. [...] One said: “I went to China (Indo-China) and Mahācīna (great Chinese mainland) taking buffaloes and the naval dear and brought from there two kinds of fabrics named gaṅgāpaṭṭa and netrapaṭṭa” [...]
Gaṅgāpaṭa seems to have been a special kind of silk manufactured for export to India which was here famous under the name of cīnāṃsuka. It seems to have been white silk known in India as gamgajul.
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Partial matches: Ganga, Patta.
Full-text: Fabric, Buffalo, Netrapatta, Netra.
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