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INTRODUCTION
In the twenty-eighth chapter a fairly long list of professions is given. There are five kinds of professions rayaporisa (government officers), vavahara (trade and commerce), kasi-gorak kha (agriculture and animal husbandry), karukamma (art and crafts) and bhati (work on daily wages or labour). In the first class of government officials are mentioned rayamaccha, amaccha, assavārika, āsavāriya, abbbantarávachara (spy), abbhakariya (superintendnet of the harem), bhäpdägäriyn, sisärakkha, padihāraka, sūta, mahāņasika, majjaghariya or paṇiyaghariya (officer in charge of wine cellars), hatthadhiya. kkha or mahāmatta or hatthimentha. The officers in charge of cavalry are assadhiyakkha, assārodha, assabandhaka, officer in charge of sheep (chhagalika), officer in charge of cows (gopala), officer in charge of buffaloes (mahisīpāla), superintendent of camels (uṭṭapāla), hunter (magaluddhaga), shephard (orabblika), ahinipa. Superintendents of royal stables are aasatiyakkha, hatthädhiyakkha, Elephantrider (hattharoha), elephant-driver (hathhimahāmatta), lord of elephants (gajadhipati) and cattle enumerator (gosankhi) are also officers. Bhaṇḍāgārika or kosarakkha was an officer in charge of stores, and custom duties; savvadhikata received all kinds of royal tributes; lekhaka had all scripts at his finger tips (angulisu savvalipigate); samvachchhara, the royal astrologer, därädhigata and därapala controlled the entrance and exit of the visitors; balaganaka or senapati was commander of the army; abbhāgarika or gaṇikakharhsaka looked after the courtezans; varisadhara is eunuch; vatthadhigata was in charge of the royal wardrobe; nagaraguttiya the city superintendent of police. The messenger is dūta, jaiņaka, pesaṇakārka, and patihāraka. The following officers are connected with water navigation: tarapaaṭṭa (officer in charge of ferry charges), pāvādhigats (admiral), titthapala (warden of the river crossings). Then there are officers in charge of water (paniyaghariya), bath-room (nhaṇaghariya) and wine cellars (suragharita). Officers in charge of wood, grass (kaṭṭhādhikata, tana) are there; biyapala was in charge of seeds. Opasejjika was in charge of the royal beds; sisarakkha, the head body-guard. The superintendent of garden (aramadhigata), superintendent of police (pagararakkha), officer in chage of aśoka garden (asokavaṇikāpāla), officer in charge of arrows (vāṇādhigata), officer in charge of ornaments (abbarapadhigata). (159)
Then follows a long list of professions: trader (vavaharin), naval architect (udakavaḍdhaki), fishermen (macchabandha), boatmen (navika), oarsmen (bahuvika), goldsmith (suvanṇakāra), lac dyemaker (alittakakara), dyer specialising in red (rattarajjaka), image-maker (devaḍa), dealer in wool (unṇavaniya), dealer in yarn (suttavaniya), lacquer worker (jatukāra), painter (chittakara), player on instruments (chittaväji) ?, utensil-maker (taṭṭhakara), ironsmith (lohakara), sītapeṭṭaka ?, dyer (suddharajaka), potter (kumbhakara), bronzesmith (kamsakaraka) silk weaver (kosakara), cloth-dealer (dussika), dyer (rayaka), silk-weaver (kosejja), bark-fibre-weaver (vaga), butcher of sheep and buffaloes (orabbhika-mahisaghataka), sugarcane crusher (ussanika), umbrellamaker (chhattakaraka), earning livelihood by cloth-trade (vatthopajīvika); dealers in fruits, roots and grains (phalavaniya, mula, dhanņa), boiled-rice seller (odanika), meat-seller (marhsa), bean-seller (kammāsa-vāņijja), maker of groats (tappana), dealer in salt (lona), cake maker (apupika), maker of khaja sweet (khajjakaraka) green grocer (pappaka), dealer in ginger (singare-vaniya), profession of toiletmaking (pasädhaka), aggi-upajtvi or ähitaggi, actor (kusilava) or rangavachara, perfumer (gandhika), garland-maker (mālākāra), maker of perfumed powder (chuņņikära). Those living by their tongue are sata, magadha, pussamāṇava (panygerists), purohita (priest), dhammaṭṭha mahamanta (officer in charge of religious endowments ?), gandhika, gayaka (singer), dapakāra, bahussaya. The metal-workers also include lapidary (maņikār), koṭṭaka (inlayer), vattaki, vatthapadhaka, vatthuvapatika, mantika, bhandavāpata, titthavapata and ārāmavavata were perhaps small officers in charge of vastrapatha, treasury, ferry boats, garden, etc. Superintendent of wood is daruka-adhikarika and radhakara in charge of chariots. Bandhanāgārika is jailor, policeman is choralopahāra. Basic works were in charge of mūlakkhāṇaka mūlika and
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