kṛttiḥ kamaṇḍalur:

I guess this is a "cut" drinking vessel (made of a piece of leather).

kṛtti < 1 kṛt "cut" (Whitney roots)

There is a picture of a mendicant with his kamaṇḍalu from Ajanta (5th century CE)

Schlingloff/Zin (2007): Saṃsāracakra p. 103 fig. 56.

Best

Heiner

Dear friends,

 

The Vivekavilāsa (8.275) mentions kṛtti as one of the characteristics of Buddhist monks:

kṛttiḥ kamaṇḍalur mauṇḍyaṃ cīraṃ pūrvāhṇabhojanam/

saṃgho raktāmbaratvaṃ ca śiśriye bauddhabhikṣubhiḥ//

kṛtti means "skin, hide" and other such things. Does this make sense in connection with a Buddhist monk? Any help or explanation will be appreciated.

Johannes Bronkhorst

 

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