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BOOK I, LECTURE 4, CHAPTER 2.
face, baskets of bamboo wickerwork to put my things in! (8)
'Reach me the lip-salve, fetch the umbrella and slippers, the knife to cut the string, have my robe dyed bluish! (9)
'Give me the pot to cook the vegetables in, Myrobalans1, the jar to fetch water in, the stick to paint the mark upon the forehead, the pin to apply collyrium (to the eyelids), or the fan when it is hot! (io)
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'Fetch me the pincers 2, the comb, the ribbon to bind up the hair, reach me the looking-glass, put the tooth-brush near me! (11)
'Fetch me areca-nut and betel, needle and thread, the chamber-pot, the winnowing basket, the mortar, the pot for liquefying natron3! (12)
'Give me the vessel (used in worshipping the gods*), the water-pot. Friend, dig a privy. Fetch the bow for our son, the bullock for. the Srâmanêra! (13)
'The small pot, the drum, and the ball of cloth for the boy (to play with). Sramana, the rainy season is at hand, look after the house and the stores! (14)
'(Fetch) the chair with woven twine seat, the wooden shoes to walk on!' Pregnant women order
1 They are used in bathing.
2 To tear out the hair growing in the nose.
3 Used in India instead of soap for cleaning linen.
Kandâlaka, a copper vessel used in worship. The name
was current in Mathurâ at the time when Silâňka wrote or the
author from whose work he copied this remark.
See Grierson, Bihar Peasant Life, § 632.
Pâulla; either the wooden sandals or slippers made of Munga grass.
