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'Catvāro gurukah'-(i) for taking the oil when a dog is sitting under
the cart,
(ii) for coating the pot for decoration,
'Masika-(i) for accepting a mediocre pot when decided to accept
the best,
(ii) determining to accept the inferior but accepting the mediocre.
'Pañcaka'-(1) for accepting an inferior pot when decided to accept
the best,
(ii) for determining to accept a mediocre one, but accepting an inferior one,
'Caturlaghu'-(i) for determining to accept a mediocre one, but accepting the best,
(ii) for determining to accept the inferior but accepting the best,
The Cilimilika (Curtain):
This requisite, as we have already seen,160 was used to cover the entrances of the lodging without doors.
The details, however, are to be found in the Bṛhatkalpabhäşya,170 The following account of it is based chiefly on the above text.
Kinds of Curtains:
They were fivefold and were made either of yarn (sutta), or of strings (rajju), or of bark-pieces (vakka), or of bamboo (kadaga), or of sticks (danda).
Measurements:
The 'cilimilika' was supposed to be of the standard size when it was five hands in length and three in breadth. This size was uniform for the "aurika', 'ksaumika' and the 'valka' curtains.
The total quota of cloth secured for this purpose was such as could be sufficient for the requirements of all the members of the gaccha.
Each member of the gaccha was not necessarily given a separate. curtain. The practice of obtaining that quota of cloth which could serve the
169. Brh. kalp. 1, 18.
170. Vol. III, 2374ff; Vol. IV, 4804-17.
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