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of a servant. Egal ( Sk. solat: ) with their bodies marked with scars of whips etc. The word also means deformed by means of the nose or ears being slit. FTAET YTTI ( TET: TEST:) Gods of those names known respectively by the words व्यन्तर and भवनवासि also. सिक्खा (Sk. शिक्षाः) Training, discipline.
St. 12-21. Stanazas 13 to 16 are to be construed together where a student born in a very high family is compared with a monk-student and it has been pointed out emphatically that when a student of a bigh family, does not mind undergoing punishment, chastisement etc. for securing a worldly object, the monk should much less mind it whose object is far from worldly. The words FACT (Sk. शिल्पानि) and णेउणियाणि (नैपुणिकानि) may be taken respectively to mean 'useful arts' and 'fine arts.' Bama (Sk. 34TGLIO ) also with the garment or any article that he keeps. The nasal after sale is archaic and unnecessary. The word ate is found often used in the Sūtra Literature in the sense of necessary adjuncts like pot, camble, broom etc. 345. This stanza is not noticed by the commentator Haribhadrasūri and hence it might have been a later addition. The author of the Dipikā has noticed it.
St. 22-24 jaanit ( Sk. farih:) Destruction, loss etc. of knowledge and other merits of an undisciplined monk, as a result of his insubordination. मइइढिगारवे (Sk. ऋद्धिगौरवमतिः) Bent upon securing his own worldly prosperity and greatness ; possessed of a foolish sense of his prosperity and greatness. The transposition of the word hia in the compound is a peculiarity of the Prākrit dialects. Da... TIT. Having annihilated their lietot by penance, and discipline, they secure a place in the Perfect Region hiema. The change in the metro is the characteristic of the conclusion of the chapter,
