. Indo-Aryans: contributions towards the elucidation of their ancient and mediaeval history. the same material also were evidently in commonuse, for Agastya in his poison-neutralizing mantra, says, Ideposit the poison in the solar orb, like a leather bottle in thehouse of a vendor of In the Laws of Manu, masaksfor water are alluded to under the name of drki, and itspeculiar form with the four feet left intact is pointed o\\Directions are also given for the purification of leather Other Smritis ordain that oleaginous articles preservedin leather bottles do not beco
. Indo-Aryans: contributions towards the elucidation of their ancient and mediaeval history. the same material also were evidently in commonuse, for Agastya in his poison-neutralizing mantra, says, Ideposit the poison in the solar orb, like a leather bottle in thehouse of a vendor of In the Laws of Manu, masaksfor water are alluded to under the name of drki, and itspeculiar form with the four feet left intact is pointed o\\Directions are also given for the purification of leather Other Smritis ordain that oleaginous articles preservedin leather bottles do not become impure b) the contact of theimpure cow-hide; and in the present day jars of that materialare in extensive use in Bengal and the North-West Provincesfor the storage of oil and ghi. In the latter place, leatherbags are universally used for raising water from wells, andaccording to the law books of Sankha and Likhita, J! that wateris declared pure which is kept in old leather bottles. AtriH * Wilsons Rig Veda, II., 28. i t Ibid II., 204. X Manu, II., V. 99. | § Iliid. V., v. 199. [ vs ]. is likewise of the same opinion, and adds that flowingwater, and that whicli is raised by machincr)-, are not use of such words, as cJiannaiita, cJiannapatti, vdratm,chasa-handha, &c., in old Sanskrit works indicates that straps,bands and strings of leather were in common use, and sailswere also made of leather or hide. No articles of the kind,however, have been seen at Bhuvanesvara. In the boat sceneat Sanchi, leather masaks are used for swimming,* and theircounterparts ma} be seen in Laj-ardsplates of Assyrian Ofleather bottles and jars no trace can befound in sculpture, but a remarkablearticle, probabl\- of leather, occurs on anattendant on a lady of rank from Bhuva-nesvara now in the Indian Museum ; *^ ^it is a courier bag of a check pattern with a flap, slung fromthe left shoulder. (Woodcut No. 126.) I have seen nothingof the kind in any other sculpture in India.
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