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meals. He followed this procedure for all the four quarters.
97. सोमिल is now inclined to be a मुण्ड, takes leave of his acquaintances, and resolves to put an end to his life by going to the end of the quarters.
98. सिव is mentioned as an ascetic in भगवती, xi.9, following practically a similar course of ascetic life.
103. etc., for explanation see note above on $91.
105. g, dimension of the capacity of a divine being.
110., mother of knees and elbows, fondling knees and elbows instead of children.
etc. are in Acc. case and
111. object of a, understood.
· 112. farfar etc. describe the characteristics of nuns. They must be af, well-regulated in movements, speech etc.
113. घरसमुदाणस्स भिक्खायरियाए अडमाणे, (the band of nuns) wandering from house to house for begging alms. घरसमुदाणस्स, or as elsewhere घरसमुद्दाणस्स, is equivalent of गृहसमुद्देशस्य or गृहसमुदायस्य, and means visiting houses in a consecutive order, without dropping any house in the middle. Commentators sometime explain the term as गृहेषु समुदानं भैक्षम्, which I think is hardly correct. विजापओए, विद्याप्रयोग application of magic, etc. Even विमण, विरेयण and others are said to be capable of removing sterility of women.
