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the shade of a tree on the bank. The Phakka loosened his provision- 

 sack, put grits into a dish, moistened them with water, and fell to 

 eating. Muladeva thought: "This is just what you might expect 

 from the Brahman gang, to be given over to feeding f^ doubtless he 

 will offer me some later on." But the Doctor, after having eaten, 

 tied up his knapsack, and proceeded on his way. Muladeva followed, 

 hoping that he would give him something in the evening. Yet in the 

 evening he ate in exactly the same way, and did not give him any- 

 thing. Muladeva proceeded, hoping that he would give him some- 

 thing in the morning. Night overtook them as they traveled ; they 

 stepped from the road, and slept under a banyan-tree. At daybreak 

 they set out again; at noon they halted after the same fashion, but 

 the Dhakka ate just as before, giving him nothing. On the third 

 day Muladeva thought that, now that the forest was almost crossed, 

 he would surely on this day give him something. Yet even then he 

 did not give him anything. They crossed the forest, and their roads 

 parted. The Doctor said : " Sir, this is your road, and this is mine ; 

 depart you therefore by this." Miiladeva said : " Reverend Doctor, 

 I have traveled with your assistance. My name is Muladeva: if my 

 affairs should ever prosper, then you must visit me in Bennayada. 

 What now might your name be ? " The Dhakka said : " Saddhada, 

 but people also know me by the nick-name Nigghinasamma."^^ The 

 Doctor then started for his village ; MiJladeva proceeded to 

 Bennayada. 



After a while he perceived a house which he entered for alms. 

 After that he tramped through the entire village, obtaining some len- 

 tils, but nothing else. Then he started toward a pool. There shortly 

 he perceived a mighty ascetic of great majesty, his body lean from 

 abstinence, who was entering (the village) to break a month's fast. 

 When Muladeva saw him the hair on his body stood erect with joy, 

 as he thought, " Oh, I am in luck, my fortune is made, since this 



58 A Brahman without greed is hard to find, according to Harsacarita 

 6 (Bombay edition, 1897, p. 181) ; cf. Weber, " Indische Studien," X., 61, 62. 



59 Saddhada seems to mean, ironically, something like " Pious Giver " ; 

 Nigghinasamma, something like " Devotee of Pitilessness." 



