Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra
by Helen M. Johnson | 1931 | 742,503 words
This is the English translation of the Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Charita (literally “The lives of the sixty-three illustrious People”), a Sanskrit epic poem written by Hemachandra in the twelfth century. The work relates the history and legends of important figures in the Jain faith. These 63 persons include: the twenty four tirthankaras , the t...
List of 18 guilds
The list of 18 guilds is given in Jambūdvīpaprajñapti 43, p. 193.
- Kuṃbhāra (kumbhakāra), potter.
- Paṭṭailla (deśi), head of a village. H. paṭel.
- Suvaṇṇakāra (suvarṇakāra), goldsmith.
- Sūvakāra (sūpakāra), cook.
- Gaṅdhavva (gandharva), musician.
- Kāsavaga (kāśyapa), barber.
- Mālākāra, gardener.
- Kacchakara (kakṣakāra), rope-maker?
- Taṃbolia (tāmbūlika), pān-maker.
- Cammayaru (carmakara), leather-worker.
- Jaṅtapīlaga (yantrapīḍaka), presser of grain.
- Gañchia (deśi=varuḍa), cane-splitter. Deśi. H. 2. 84.
- Chiṃpāya (deśi), cloth-printer. Deśi. H. 1. 98.
- Kaṃsakāra (kāṃsyakāra), brassworker.
- Sīvaga (sīvaka), sewer.
- Guāra? Perhaps gopāla, cow-herd.
- Bhilla, (I do not understand why bhillas should figure as a guild).
- Dhīvara, fisherman.