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8. It is not allowed to these ascetics to commit useless sins by repeating tales about women, food, country or kings.
9. It is not allowed to these ascetics to carry utensils made of iron, tin, copper, zinc, lead, silver, gold or any other costly substance, but only utensil made of dry gourd, wood or clay.
10. It is not allowed to these ascetics to wear chains made of iron, tin (down to) or of other costly substance
11. It is not allowed to these ascetics to wear robes dyed in various colours except a pair dyed in red earth,
It is not allowed to these asceties to wear hára, half-hára, single string, string of pearls, string of golden beads, string of gems, wreath, necklace, falling string, three-stringed wreath, loin-string, ten finger-rings, armlets, bracelets, upper armlets and arm-jewels, ear rings, diadem, or crest-jewel, but only a single copper ring.
It is not allowed to these ascetics to besmear their body with the paste of agaru, saffron or sandal except with clay from the Gangá river only,
12. It is allowed to these ascetics to accept a Mágadha Prastha of water-that too flowing and not stagnant, that too tranquil and not muddy; that too given and not ungiven, that too for drinking and not for the sake of washing hands, feet, spoons and ladles or for bathing. It is allowed to these ascetics to accept a Mágadha Half-Adhaka of water--that
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