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auspicious day, at an auspicious moment to suit the bride's convenience, and with the joining of hands: ‘prasasta-dinavāra-naksatra-muhurta-horalagnadol kusinanukuladol pānigrahana- purassaraṁ (maduve nimdu): (pp. 33.24-25, 62.18-21, 149.19-20 etc.).
(g) Every prince goes out, at midnight, on an important errand with a jewelled dagger concealed close to his chest and a drawn- out sword : ‘nallanaduvirulo! manikhetamamurado! sārci (amarci) kilta balverasu poramattu' (pp. 158.12-13, 181.14-15 cct.).
(h) The musical instruments are almost the same on different occasions, though in some cases the list is abridaged by the addition of ādi: “patu - pataha-tunava-bhambhā-mardale-jhallari mukumda-lala-kahala-samkha-vamsa-vina? (pp. 83.28 to 84.1, 137.13- 15, 146.15 ctc.). (i) A layman or liberable soul enters the order under some teacher, studies all the scriptures (consisting of the twelve Angas and fourtcen Pūrvas, or of the four Anuyogas) for twelve years, and then, with the teacher's permission, wanders about alone pr. 103.14-16, 109.9-11 ctc.). (j) Such a monk, or party of monks, wanders about from onc type of settlements to another; the enumeration of the various settlements in all cases is almost the same: ‘grama-nagara-khēda- kharvada-madambapattana-dronāmukha magalam viharisuttam *: (pp. 7.2-3, 27.19-20, 45.31 to 46.1, 72.2-3, 114.1-2, 138.13- 14, 162.24-25, 191.16-17 etc.)
(k) While wandering alone from place to place, the monk stays one night in a village, five nights in a town or city, and ten nights in the wood : ‘grāme ekarātram nagare pamca rātram atavyām dasarātramembi nyāyadim viharisuttam' (pp. 7.1, 45.4-5, etc.).
(1) The monk, while on his begging round in a village or town, moves from house to house, big or small (i.e, of the rich or poor) irrespectively: ‘Kirumane permancyannadunaltakka manegalaṁ carigcdołaluttam (barpor)"9 (pp. 7.5-6, 46.2-3,78.5-6
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