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UTTARADHYAYANA.
righteousness1, abstaining from sins, versed in the sacred lore, protecting his soul (from every wrong), wise, hardy, observing everything; he who is attached to nothing, is a true monk. (2)
Ignorant of abuse and injury, a steadfast monk should be a model of righteousness, always protecting his soul (from sins), neither rash nor passionate; when he endures everything, then he is a true monk. (3)
He who is content with lowly beds and lodgings, bears heat and cold, flies and gnats, is neither rash nor passionate, and endures everything, he is a true monk. (4)
He does not expect respectful treatment, nor hospitality, nor reverence, nor, indeed, praises; he controls himself, keeps the vows, practises austerities, lives together with other monks, meditates on his soul; this is a true monk. (5)
If he does not care for his life, or abandons every delusion, if he avoids men and women, always practises austerities, and does not betray any curiosity, then he is a true monk. (6)
He who does not profess and live on divination from cuts and shreds 2, from sounds on the earth or in the air, from dreams, from diagrams, sticks, and
1 Lâdhê, explained sadanushthânatayâ pradhânah. Lâdha is also the name of a country in western Bengal, inhabited, at Mahâvîra's time, by uncivilised tribes, see part i, p. 84, note I. The etymology of both words is doubtful.
2 Compare the note on p. 161 of part i. The 71st chapter of Varâha Mihira's Brihat Samhitâ treats of vastrakhêda, rents, &c. of clothes; the 51st, of angavidyâ, forebodings from the body; and the 53rd, of vâstuvidyâ, property of buildings; chapters 88, 90, and 95 are devoted to the forebodings from the cries of birds, female jackals, and crows.
