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This done he returned to the table, shook the grains from the upturned chalice on to the tray, and the ceremony was complete.
He explained to us that the offering to the cocoanut was in order that all might be auspicious, and he also told us that the food that had been offered would be afterwards removed and eaten by a temple servant, and that no Digambara pujāri would eat any of it himself.
Evening Worship or A'rati. About six o'clock we returned to see the evening worship.
This occupied only about ten minutes, and consisted in waving a light before the image in the shrine.
The pujāri, fully clothed and wearing an ordinary native cap, went to the shrine, before which one light was burning. He lighted the little five-fold lamp or A'rati, and then struck a gong, after which he solemnly and slowly waved the light from left to right for three or four minutes, intoning all the time. He next turned to the Mandapa, and waved the light in front of the seated figure of A'dinātha on the right.
This done, he put the light on the three-legged stool, knelt down, and rising, struck a gong, to show that the service was ended.
S'veta'mbara Morning Worship. Early next morning we presented ourselves at the gate of the S'vetāmbara temples across the way, and the temple attendants, after some little hesitation, courteously permitted us to view their worship also.
