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INTRODUCTION
45 the horse and boar, panyegyries of the bards, serving an officer in opulent circumstances, offering of flowers and perfumes, coming of a traveller after a long time after completing the journey successfully (siddhayāttā), the appearance of ghosts?, hearing the wail of trumpet in a chaitya, giving back the stolen goods, making of gold designs in flags?, giving of umbrella, shoes etc., obtaining wealth for protecting someone, honour at the completion of some clever art, seeing the setting in a tank, the rise of some mystic thought in mind, the filling of tank and vessel with water, kindling of sacred fire at jātakarma, etc., auspicious occassion at the recovery from illness, getting wealth, etc., the worship of monks, the appointments of jettha and aņujettha of a goshthi (Niśītha, 264), the manifestation of certain forces of nature, the enjoyment at birth, the respect of good people, medication, restoring old dilapidated buildings for religious merits, seeing about oneself, looking at yajña, seeing the shaking of Nivāra tree, hearing the jingling of ornaments, kissing stage property, goods carried by land and sea routes, animals and food taken by Sadhus and their praise, the growth of riches and fame, slight rise of fortune, column, seat, bed, trees, etc., ascending a tree, house, horse and hill, prosperity of the village and town, etc., arranging chaplets, mukuta, etc., clapping in various positions, metal decoration, etc., coming of a group of people intoxicated with passion, pleasure at seeing the people giving one another, seeing the youth, fruits and grains, hearing loud happy voice from outside, playing with pet birds, seeing the satisfying meals, depositing of jewels, fruits, etc., seeing the rescue of the people from the ravages of Rudra, realising the force of form, taste, etc., determining the results from the naming of the sūtras, seeing the blooming lotus, foretelling prosperity hearing the half-spoken words, appearance of bali, mangala and yajña, seeing the lotus, forest and animals, construction of the palace of a Vaiśya, seeing the procession of a king coming out in haste, release from prison, tying the ornaments, circumambulation, belching, seeing the filling of utensils, seeing the maxt elephant, the coming of mithuna, seeing and enyoying music and dancing, seeing the washing of impure things, seeing the erection of tiered benches, hearing the rumbling of clouds, determining the date for travel, the accumulation of jewels, building of yopa, chiti, and dykes, beholding yogic powers, increase of wealth, defeat of enemies, unhealing of the wound, entering the city while weeping, victorious expedition of a king, entering a garden and watershed, without fatigue, etc. (146-148).
In chapter twenty-third the prognostications about loss, etc. are called unpraiseworthy. Under this class come weeping, anger, hunger, seeing birds of ill-omens, and other states of mind and body showing dejection. (148-149).
The twenty-fourth chapter is entitled jātīvijaya. The people are divided into two classes. Aryas and Mlechchhas. Under the first category Brahmaņas, Kshatriyas, Vaiśyas are placed, while the Sadras are counted as Mlechchhas. The Brāhmans are described as white, the Kshatriyas red, the Vaiśyas yellow and the Sadras black. Their colours are pure, śyāma and black. They are very tall and short. They lived by trade (vavahäropajīvī) or military profession (satthopajivi), or agriculture. They lived in pleasure groves, mountains, islands, rural areas, as Chakka-chara, in cities. They are also named after the directions they lived in. They are also called ajjadesanissita, living in the Arya land; when they went out they were known as ajjadesāntara. Those living in garden land (nikkhuda) ? were known as anajjadesijja. (149).
The twenty-fifth chapter is devoted to gotras (See also, Sarya-PanBatti, 10-16, p. 149 b). Gotras are said to be of two kinds gahapatigotta and dijātigotta. In the first category are mentioned Madha, Gola, Harita, Chandaka, Sakita (Kasita), Vasula, Vachchha, Kochchha, Kosika and Konda
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