183*2.] Abstract of the Contents of the Dul-va. 3 



The doctrine of Sa'kya finds a patron in Vimbasa'rA, and he is 

 described as residing some time in Rdjagriha, enjoying great fame as 

 a teacher and master of numerous converts ; his mode of teaching is 

 also exemplified, and various philosophical controversies between him 

 and the advocates of other systems are detailed. 



The mode in which his converts are received into the order of the 

 priesthood, either by himself or by his disciples, is then particularized. 

 Two presidents are appointed, and five classes of teachers ordained. 

 Questions to be propounded are given, and the description of persons 

 inadmissible from bodily imperfections or disease described. A varie- 

 ty of rules on the subject of admission is laid down. 



The behaviour of the person after admission is then regulated ; the 

 cases in which he should require the permission of his principal speci- 

 fied ; and various moral obligations prescribed, particularly resignation 

 and forbearance, when maltreated or reviled. 



Stories are related of improprieties committed by some juvenile mem- 

 bers of the community, and in consequence Sa'kya desires that none 

 shall be admitted under 15, and no priest be ordained under 20 years 

 of age. Other stories give rise to other limitations, prohibiting the ad- 

 mission of slaves, debtors, runaways, hermaphrodites, diseased or maim- 

 ed persons, young men without the consent of their parents, and persons 

 who have families dependent upon them. No person is to be admitted, 

 except in full conclave — nor any one to be allowed to reside amongst 

 the priests without ordination — no thieves, parricides, matricides, nor 

 murderers are to be admitted. Each of these prohibitions arises out of 

 some incident occurring in the course of Sa'blya's peregrinations be- 

 tween 3Iagadha, Kosald or Oude, Srdvasti^ and Kapila. 



The next subject is the performance of confession and expiation, 

 which should be observed every new and full moon, in a public place, 

 and congregation : the manner of conducting the ceremony is fully 

 detailed. 



The rest of the first volume is occupied with a number of precepts 

 and prohibitions, some of them of a whimsical character: such as that a 

 priest shall not wear wooden shoes 2 nor lay hold of a cow's tail to assist 

 himself in crossing a river. 



The second volume continues the subject of dress, especially on the 

 fitness of leather or hides for the shoes of the priests ; a treatise on 

 drugs and medicaments then follows, which the disciples of Sa'kya 

 are allowed to use or to carry about them. 



The king of Magadha entertains Sa'kya for three months, and 

 various legends are told. 



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