________________ 124 Siri Sirvialakaba St. 215. For ideas similar to the idea expressed in this verse, cf. the well-known maxims, 'the biter bit,' 'evil to him who evil thinks' etc. St. 216. na Alagoas ( Sk. aq: Afafaqah) Along with penance and (proper ) religious rites. Their nature is described by the author in the following four stanzas. St. 217. SAISTET 2737&SPA Porrat ( Sk. sarfsaat sales Cert) From the Ashtami or the Eighth Day of the bright-half of the month of Ashwin. Surf STATEE ( Trif55T++STFE)'F' is often put between two words in Prakrit for the sake of metre etc., or sometimes even without any purpose. अट्ठविहपूयपूव्वं ( Sk. अष्टविधपूजापूर्वम् ) performing the अष्टविधपूजा or what is commonly known as Teteras i. e. the Eight-fold Worship. It is so called because in this puja or worship, eight materials are used. viz. (1) water (jala ) for Bathing the idol (2) Sandal ointment (chandana, ) (3) flowers (kusuma), (4) incense (dhupo ), (5) lamp (dipa), (6) rice with unbroken ( akshata ) ends, (7) offering of sweets, and other things generally eight in number ( which are presented before an idol and which are technically known as naivedya'), (8) fruits ( fala). These eight materials
