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no excessive fondness for the vanities of sound, smell, taste, (music, 

 perfumes, and exquisite meats,) nor for wine : — who is void of cupidity : 

 — who hath not a covetous heart, but is content with her own possessions : 

 — who, being upright, goeth not astray ; is not fluctuating ; is modest in 

 her dress, and doth not indulge in laughing and boasting : — who is 

 diligent in her moral duties, without being too much addicted to the 

 gods and festivals (or righteous overmuch). Who is very clean and 

 pure in her body, her speech and her mind : — who is not drowsy nor 

 dull, proud nor stupid; — but being of good judgment, doth every- 

 thing with due reflection : — who hath for her father and mother-in-law 

 equal reverence as for a spiritual teacher : — who treateth her servants 

 both male and female with constant mildness : — who is as well versed 

 as any courtesan in the rites and ceremonies described in the Shastras : 

 — who goeth last to sleep and riseth earliest from her couch : — who 

 maketh every endeavour with mildness, like a mother without affecta- 

 tion : — if there be any such maiden to be found, father, give her unto 

 me as a wife." 



Afterwards, the king (Sans. Shuddhodana, Tib. Zas-Qtsang-ma,) directs 

 his brahman minister (Sans. Purohita, Tib. Mdhun-na-hdon,) to go into 

 the great city of Capila-vastu, (Tib. Ser-skya-qzhi,) and to inquire there 

 in every house after a girl possessed with these good qualities, shewing 

 at the same time Shakya's letter, and uttering two Slukas, or verses, of 

 the following meaning : " Bring hither that maiden who has the 

 required qualities, whether she be of the royal tribe, or of the brahman 

 caste ; of the gentry, or of the plebeian class. My son regardeth not 

 tribe nor family extraction : his delight is in good qualities, truth, and 

 virtue alone." 



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The objections of the Buddhists to the seclusion of woman may be 

 gathered from the following imaginary conversation of Shakya's wife, 

 extracted from the Kah-gyur, Do, Kh. vol. leaf 120-121, (corresponding 

 with the Sanscrit Lalita vistara, leaf 85.) 



