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UTTARADHYAYANA.
In the quarter of the year comprising the three months Gyêshthâmûla, Âshâdha, and Srâvana, the (morning-) inspection is to last six digits (beyond Paurushi); in the second quarter, eight; in the third, ten; in the fourth, eight1. (16)
A clever monk should divide the night too into four parts, and fulfil his duties (uttaraguna) in all four parts. (17)
In the first Paurushi he should study, in the second he should meditate, in the third he should leave off sleep, and in the fourth he should study again. (18)
When the nakshatra which leads the night has reached the first quarter of the heaven, at dawn he should cease to study. (19)
When a small part of the quarter is left3, in which the (leading) nakshatra stands, during that space of time, being considered intermediate1 (between two) days, a monk should watch. (20)
In the first quarter (of the first Paurushi) he should inspect (and clean) his things, pay his respects to his superior, and then begin to study, not allowing himself to be affected by any pains". (21)
1 Or thirty, forty, fifty, forty minutes respectively.
2 I.e. the nakshatra which is in opposition to the sun, and accordingly rises at the same time with the setting sun, and sets with the rising sun, compare Râmâyana III, 16, 12.
3 I. e. is about to set.
4 Vêrattiya, translated vairâtrika; but there is no such word in Sanskrit. It apparently stands for dvairâtrika, belonging to two days. As the Hindus reckon the day from sunrise, the time immediately preceding it may be considered to belong to two days.
5 Compare verse 8.
