1838.] rocks of Girnar in Gvjerat, and Dhauli in Cuttack. 265 



Buddhists ; nor yet the five great sacraments*, nor the four domestic 

 sacraments of Menu-)- . 



They are all however frequently alluded to as good acts, and the 

 brahmans do not yield to their rivals in applauding either humanity to 

 animals, or charity to one's neighbour. 



The word parudpiyuto seems derived from parishaty an assembly, 

 S. "^f^T^rai the president of the assembly. — It would seem that names 

 had not been assigned to the grades of priesthood by the use of this and 

 other general terms mahdmdtd, &c. throughout the inscription, or that 

 it applied to no particular sect. 



Remarks on the Fourth Tablet. 



The publication * by beat of drum' here alluded to may reasonably 



be supposed to be the very one recorded in the Ceylonese annals as 



having taken place on Asoka's hearing of the construction of the 



various viharas throughout his kingdom ; — [_Mahawanso. Epit. p. 37.] 



Lekhe sutwd, mahdrdjd, mahdtejiddhi wikkamo, 



Kdtu, kdmo sakinyewa sabbd rama mahdmahan, 



Purabherin chardphi " sat tame diwase ito 



Sabbdrdmamaho hotu sabba desesu e^add." 



Yojane yojane dentu Mahaddnam mah[tale. 



Karontu gdmdrdmdnan maggdnancha wibhusanan. 



Wihdresu cha sabbesu bhikku sanghassa sabbathd, 



Mahdddndni, wattentu yathh kdtan, yathd balan, 



Dipamdld pupphamdld lankdre cha tahin tahin, 



Turiyehi cha sabbehi upahdrun anekadhd. 



Uposathangd ndddya sabbe dhamman sunantu cha, 



Pujdwisese nekecha karontu tadahu picha. 

 " Having heard these dispatches read, the glorious, the superlatively-gifted, the 

 victorious sovereign having resolved on having a'great festival of offerings at all 

 the temples at the same moment caused to be published by beat of drum through 

 the capital ; ' On the seventh day from hence throughout all the kingdoms in the 

 empire let there be a great festival of offerings held on the same day. Through- 

 out the empire at the distance of each yojana let there be great offerings be- 

 stowed. Let there be decorating of the roads to villages as well as temples. In 

 all the vihares let almsgiving to the priesthood be kept up in every respect, as 

 long as practicable, and liberally as means will allow. 



u At those places decorated with festoons of lamps and garlands of flowers in 

 various ways and joyous with every description of music, let a great pirocession 

 be celebrated, and let all persons duly prepared by a life of righteousness, listen 

 to the doctrines of the faith, and let innumerable offerings be made on that day.' " 



reading the Veda, sacrifice, of the homa, hospitality, offering to manes, &c. grace 

 at meals (libation to the gods). Amera cosha. 



t The domestic sacraments differ only in the omission of the homa. Menu 

 Chap. II. 86. 



