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§ 29. ] Vivāgasuyam.
95 many. Sanhamachhas'-kind of fish ( here the rest to be supplied as above, down to ) padāgas and aįpadāgas' (kinds of fish),-by means of draining off water from lakes-dahagalanā,' scrutinizing the lakes-dahamalana', churning the lakes-dahamahan a, destroying the lakes by removing water etc.-'dahavahana' draining off water from lakes-dahapavahana', vurious kinds of nets for catching fish such as 'ayampula' nets, 'panchapula' nets, 'machhandhala' nets, 'machhapuchha' nets, "Jambhā' nets, 'tisirā' nets, 'bhisirā' nets, 'dhisarā' nets, 'visirā' nets, "hilliri' nets, ‘zillirî' nets, jālas', angles to catch fish-galas', 'kûdapāsa' nets, ‘vakkabandhas’-kind of nets made of hemp, thread-nets 'suttabandhana', and nets made of hair 'valabhandhana',--and used to fill the boats with those fish, take them to the banks, make heaps of fish, and expose them to sunshine; and many other persons of his, who were paid wages either in cash of in food, used to sell them-those fish which were exposed to sunshine, fried, baked and roasted, in the principal market of the city. And that Soriyadatta, himself, also used to eat those 'sanhamachha' fish (here the rest to be supplied as above, down to) 'padāgas' and “aipadāgas' (kinds of fish), which were fried and roasted, together with wine. Then at a certain time that fisherman Soriyadatta, while he was eating those pieces of the flesh of fish which were fried and roasted, had a fish-bone stuck into his throat. Then he, being greatly troubled with pain summoned his family men and having done 80 spoke to them thus : "Oh, you, beloved of the
