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outer one; this done, he anointed and washed himself and his loto* intoning all the time.
He then turned to the left corner of the temple, in which were a collection of beautifully polished brass vessels and the materials for the offering—rice, spices, almonds, etc., but no fresh fruit or flowers, which the Digambara, unlike the Svetāmbara, may not offer. The rice he washed most thoroughly three or four times and drained off the water. Then he rubbed soine saffron and sandal wood on a stone till he had made a yellow paste called Kes'ara ($212). Next he took up an empty brass tray and drew on it the Svastika
sign with Kes'ara, and taking a vessel not unlike an II upturned chalice, he marked it in the same way on what we should have called the base.
To the tray which held the rice he added spices, chopped cocoanut and uncracked almonds, arranging them all in separate little heaps.
Going to the little wooden table, he placed on it, and directly in front of the image, the upturned chalice and the empty , marked tray, together with a cup.
He then filled two brass tumblers with a mixture of yellow powder and water, and placing in them two longhandled spoons and two very small bowls set them on the three legged stool; beneath this on the wooden table itself he placed the tray heaped with rice, etc., and then began a most interesting ceremony, mainly consisting of lifting grains of rice, etc., from the full tray and putting them on to the marked tray and chalice, to the accompaniment of elaborate genuflexions and intonings.
* A brass cup for holding water.
