420 Major Dmlam.iixe on the Srawacs or Jains. 



to tlie offer, till Bodha kirti asked what offence he had committed : the 

 Gum then said, " yon have eaten the bread of a sudra, and must again be 

 initiated as a Yati." Bodha kirti even vomited the food ; but the Guru 

 persevered in his expulsion. Bodha kirti, enraged, fled to the woods, put 

 on red clothes and a sacerdotal string on his neck, seized his rosary 

 with his right hand, which he held up, and placed the image of Jina 

 before him and worshipj)ed it ; and from him was this sect known by 

 the name of the Bodlia-mati. I have inserted all this, as I do not doubt 

 that the particular position of the iiand and beads bears allusion to the 

 representation of them in Mr. Salt's prints of scidptures in Salsette. 

 (Sec the print opposite to ]). 49, vol. 1, Bombay Transactions, where the 

 right hand is exactly in that position, holding the chaplet.) The figure, 

 with pieces of history attached, seems applicable to PArswanat'h (as will be 

 mentioned hereafter), and the description of the particular position, what- 

 ever be its origin, must apply, I imagine, to tiie sect represented in Ktnera, 

 as well as to this tracUtion : yet these are generally called Budhist caves. 

 They probably belong to a period when the sects were less distinct. 



The twelve vrcitas of the Srdwacs are fulfilled by abstaining from the fol- 

 lowing actions or omissions. 



Not to believe in Bhagicdn (that is, Jina), and not to worsliip him ; to 

 give charity in hope of advantage ; to praise other gurus and speak ill of 

 one's own ; to be friends with a false priest ; not to extend mercy to all 

 animals ; to bore the ears ;* to harass a debtor ; to feed a person one 

 day and not another ; to slander ; to relate the conversation of others ; 

 to discuss the affairs of government ; to relate women's tales ; to call 

 charms spells, without proving them so ; to receive stolen goods ; to 

 secrete a thief; to mix old grain witli new ; to break one's oath to 

 one's prince for private advantage ; to injux'e one's prince by com- 

 mercial dealings ; writing false accounts ; giving false measure ; to go 

 to a widow ; to keep a prostitute ; to marry again ; to be too attentive 

 to one's pleasures ; not restricting one's-self to a particular quantity of 

 land, effects or cattle, and gi\ang the surplus in charity ; giving up one's 



* It is odd that tliis sliould be prohibited in the vratai, when the figures of their saints are 

 almost invariably represented with long drops or rings to the ears, appearing frequently like an 

 elongation of the ear. But I have observed several in which the ear has been represented per- 

 fect, and the ring distinct. 



