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The eleventh Anga [ I. Lect. 1. with reverend Goyama it .was high time for food for the boy Miyāputta
Then that Miyādevî spoke to reverend Goyama thus : “ Oh, Venerable Sir! you stay here, SO that I can show you the boy Miyaputta.” Having said so she went to the house where Miyaputta's food and water etc. were prepared, and having done so she changed her dress, and having done so she took a dinner-wagon made of wood, and having done so filled it with abundant food, drinks, eatables and articles of taste, and having done so she took out that wagon, and having done so she came to the place where the reverend Govima was, and having done so she spoke to the reverend Goyama thus; “ Come oh, Reverend Sir ! and follow me so that I may show you the boy Miyāputta." Thus that reverend Goyama followed the back of Miyādevî. Then that Miyādevî driving forth that dinner-wagon went to that subterranean house and having done so she covered her face by means of a piece of cloth folded four times and while doing so she spoke to the reverend Goyama thus:-"Oh, Reverend Sir, you also cover your face by means of the folded cloth-pieee for the mouth—Muhapottia." Then that reverend
1 Muhapottia, Sk. mukliapotrikā generally called mo'patti or inuliapatti by the modern layman. It is a small piece of cloth of the size of a handkerchief folded four times and always kept with them by the Jain monks and nuns and sometimes even by the laity and generally used for protecting the lives of the