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(storehouse), osadhagiha (drug store), chitta-(picture gallery), latā-(bower), kosa - treasury), vattha(bouduoir), pāņava.(business house), levana-(room for storing perfume), savaga-ujjāņa-(garden house), āesa-(audience ball), vesagiha (brot hel, kotthākāra (store house), pavā (water booth), setukamma (dyke), ṇhāņagiha (bathroom), ātura (sickroom), samsaraņa (working room), sumkasālā (customs house), karaņa. sālā (secretariat), parohada (courtyard at the back of the house). (137-138).
Chapter twelfth describes at length the forms of existence. Dhammajoņi is connected with reli. gion ; atthajoņi with the acquisition of wealth ; kāmajoņi with the enjoyment of garlands and perfumes etc.; samgama with sexual intercourse ; mitta with friendship; vivada with acts of enmity; pavāsika with those proceeding to gāma (village), nagara (city), nigama (banking town), janapaya (district town), pattaņa (emporium), nivesa (encampment), khandāvāra (military encampment), forest and hills, or engaged on the mission of an envoy (duta, sandhivāla); pavuttha with the act of travelling ; āgamana with
he act of returning ; niggama with going out and āgama with coming; rāja and rājanupāya with the paraphernalia of royalty; rājapurisa with the officers of a king ; vaņiyappadha with trade and commerce; kāruka with artisans; anujoga with questions ; ajja with noble profession; sissa with the bowing disciples; pessa with servants; bandhana with securely held prisoners; mokha with release ; mudita with the happiness at the recovery from illness; atura with illness; maraṇa with death; say itavva with sleeping; chbinna with broken asunder; pattha with cessation ; vinaya with discipline; Bambhaņa, Khattiya, Vessa and Sudda with respective castes; bāla, jovvana and vuddha with childhood, youth and old age respectively. The forms of existence are also connected with various states of the body, time, gender, directions, etc. (139-144).
In chapter thirteenth prognostication from various states of existence is described. In chapter fourteenth entitled Lābhaddāra (means of acquisition) the whole topic is divided under six headings: atthadāra (means of acquiring wealth), samāgama (means of getting desired result), payā (starting on a journey), ārogga (recovery from sickness), jīvita (saving life), kamma (work of the artisans), vutthi (rains) and vijaya (victory) (144-145). The attha was prognosticated from flowers and fruits, valuable cloths and jewels, furniture, food, unguents, perfumes, etc. In chapter fifteenth samāgama is prognosticated by amorous behaviour of certain birds and men and women, talk about wayfaring and the topics such as rivers, seas, mountains, etc. connectec with it. Results could be prognosticated from it about marriage, friendship, etc. (145). Chapter Sixteenth deals with certain prognostications about travel by means of children, fruits, animals, etc. (145) Chapter seventeenth deals with prognostications from fruits, valuable clothes and ornaments, and signs of enjoyment which foretold recovery from illness (145). In the eighteenth chapter prognostications on death are enumerated (146). In chapter ninteenth it is said that certain omens foretold the loss of work or the workshop (146). Chapter twentieth deals with 'prognostications about rain and good farm yields from water, aquatic animals, boats as ņāvā, koțimba, daālua, lotuses, oil, milk, rains, lightning, thunder, etc. (146). In chapter twenty-first the prognostication about victory with the help of a fan, utensils, flags, conveyances, costly cloths and garlands, drums, jungle, enemy territory, encampment, etc. were foretold. (146).
In the twenty-second chapter the prognostication of good omens is concerned with marriage, the attainment of success, tasting certain fruits and grains, harvesting, welcoming a friend as & guest, putting on certain ornaments and accomplishments, protecting certain animals and human beings while asleep, decorating the body, the appearance of clouds, lightning and certain furniture, the appearance of birds and beasts on lotus ponds and trees, murder and imprisonment, laughter and laying the ghost, use of old garments in different seasons, biting by the fish, comforting the confused, catching
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