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He next wrived a little rice in his left hand, clicking the fingers of his right, and then wiped his hands elaborately.
Taking the ends of his utturāsanu or cloth, he tied them over his head in such a way as to cover his mouth," and continued to transfer the rice, etc., little by little from the full tray to the marked one, elevating and waving it and dusting either the hand or the little platter by means of which he had transferred it.
A third time he rang the gong, and after pouring out the liquid, he clicked the fingers of his left hand.
Then he stood rigid before the shrine for a full minute in absolute silence, ceasing for the first time the intoning which he had maintained all through the cleansing, preparation and offering. Then, beginning his chant again, he bowed and knelt, and rising, continued ceremoniously transferring the rice from one tray to the other.
He rang the gong a fourth time, and clapped his hands and proceeded as before for several minutes.
Then he rang a fifth time, again clapped his hands, and after continuing to transfer rice for a minute or two longer, he poured the contents of the two tumblers on to the rice in the marked and now nearly filled tray.
Again he stood reverentiy silent, then bowed, and untied his utturāsuna from his mouth and knelt, touching the floor with his head.
Taking the marked tray, he waved it before a cocoanut, which he had placed by the side of a figure of A'dinātha at the left of the Mandapa.
* Dr. Burgess, loc. cit., however, says: “The Digambaras make
their prayers after the usual Hindu fashion; the members of the other sect close their mouths or tie a cloth over their lips."
