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D. Putting on :
(i) samghați or the garment generally put on by the mendicants comprising several khandas and sewn by single or double thread,
(ii) civara i.e., putting on the civara-garments, viz. the adhiṣṭhānika, and the atireka civaras,
(iii) patra: holding a begging vessel made of iron or clay;
E. (i) aśita or eating, it is two-fold:
(a) khādita or eating the preparations of grains which are essential for vitality,
(b) svadita or taking the tasteful preparations for enjoyment; these include items, such as, milk, curd, butter, ghee, oil, honey; cane-juice and molasses, meat, fishes, dried flesh, salt, new seasonal fruits and the like,
(ii) pita or drinking, it comprises all sorts of liquids that are taken as a drink by human beings, such as sugarcane-juice, kāñcika and the like;
F. (i) gata Going or walking with the companion of mendicants,
(ii) sthita: staying or standing with them or before the teacher and others,
(iii) nişanna sitting on a seat or dais (mañca), stretched gross in a peculiar Buddhist posture with averse mindfulness (in wordly objects);
G. (i) sayita or sleeping on simha-sayya or couch or bed spread over in the right side on a dais or stretched gross.
(ii) jāgrta or waking i.e., purifying the mental faculties from hindering dharmas by walking and sitting
