Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra
by Helen M. Johnson | 1931 | 742,503 words
This is the English translation of the Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Charita (literally 鈥淭he lives of the sixty-three illustrious People鈥�), 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 14 ornaments
This refers to a conventional list of 14 ornaments given in 闯补尘产奴诲惫墨辫补辫谤补箩帽补辫迟颈 51, p. 216.
- 丑腻谤补, necklace;
- addha丑腻谤补 (ardha丑腻谤补), half-necklace;
- iga. Cf. H. ikk膩, an ear-ring consisting of a single pearl (Bates);
- 办补峁嘺测补 (kanaka), gold;
- 谤补测补峁嘺 (ratna), jewel;
- 尘耻迟迟腻惫补濒墨 (尘耻办迟腻惫补濒墨), string of pearls;
- 办别奴谤补 (办别测奴谤补), armlets;
- 办补岣峚补 (办补峁璦办补), anklet.
This is certainly the H. ka峁浤� and the Guj. 办补濒墨 or kallu峁�, both of which mean either 鈥榖racelet鈥� or 鈥榓nklet,鈥� As anklets would hardly be omitted in a list of jewelry for an Indian woman, and as bracelets occur once in the list, I think it must be taken as 鈥榓nklet,鈥� though both the J帽膩ta. (p. 43b) and 膧va. (p. 166a) com. interpret it as 鈥榢al膩cik膩bhara峁嘺,鈥� an ornament for the fore-arm. Ka峁璦ka is also quoted only 鈥榖racelet鈥� (MW); - 迟耻岣峣补 (迟谤耻峁璱迟补), bracelet;
- 尘耻诲诲腻 (mudra) ring;
- 办耻峁囜笉补濒补, ear-ring;
- urasutta (耻谤补蝉奴迟谤补), pearl-necklace hanging on the breast;
- 肠奴濒补尘补峁噄 (肠奴岣嵞乵补峁噄), crest-jewel;
- tilaya, tilaka.