1837.] on the Columns of Delhi, Allahabad, Betiah, S^c. 593 



the fifteenth, and the first day after conjunction, in the midst of the 

 vposatha ceremonies (or strict fasts), unkilled things (or live fish ?) 

 shall not be exposed for sale. Yea, on these days, neither the snake 

 tribe, nor the feeders on fish (alligators) nor any living beings whatso- 

 ever shall be put to death. 



12 tinnidivasdni chdvudasam pannadasam patipaddye dhavdyecha 17 



13 anuposatham machhe 18 avadhiye nopiviketaviye : etdni (yevd) divasdni 



14 ndgavanasi-kevatabhogasi ydni anndrii pi jivanikdydni 



17. We now come to the specification of those days wherein peculiar obser- 

 vance of the foregoing rules is enjoined, f^ ^nT*fTCI?pr seems to embrace 

 the whole year, ' in the three four-monthly periods, or seasons :' the expression 



ArbJl/ b'_L8fbJL" #Wy«p pwrmmdsiyam might admit of translation as 'the 

 third full moon,' — but a closer agreement with the Sanskrit is adopted in the 

 text by making the A which in fact on the stone is separated from the rest, an 



expletive, quasi tj" ^jg ttHwSJ ' tue evening of the full moon' generally : 

 and this agrees with the Hindu practice — see Sir William Jones' note on the 

 calendar (As. Res. III. 263) where a sydmdpuja is noted for the 15th or fullmoon 

 of Aswina (Kdrtika) a day set apart for bathing and libations to Yama, the 

 judge of departed spirits. It will be remarked that the numbers tinni, chd- 

 wudasam, pannadasam, are almost as near to the modern Hindi words tin, 

 chauda, pandara, as to the genuine Pali, tini (neuter), chuddasa and pannarasa, 

 three, 14th and 15th. The patipad (Sanskrit Sff^xr^:) is the first day after the 

 full ; the Hindus keep particularly the pratipat of the month Kartika {dy&ta 

 pratipat) when games of chance are allowed. Dhavdye, I have translated ' current' 

 (Sanskrit ^p^jq:) although this word has rather the signification of ' running' 

 in an active sense. 



18. The anuposatham or rather uposatha is a religious observance peculiar 

 to the Buddhists ; ^TTl^W, a f as ^» hardly expresses enough : it requires an 

 abstinence from the five forbidden acts to the laity, or the 8 and 10 obligatory 

 on the updsikas, disciples, and Samaneras, (priests.) 1, destroying life; 2, 

 stealing; 3, fornication; 4, falsehood; 5, intoxication; 6, eating at unper- 

 mitted times ; 7, dancing, singing and music ; 8, exalted seats ; 9, the use of 

 flowers and perfumes; 10, the touch of the precious metals. The affix machhe, 



U T is equivalent to the Sanskrit ?P3] or the Pali rreajjhe, * midst ;' for in our 



alphabet the jh is always found replaced by chh : had it been separated in the 

 text from anuposatham, it might have been construed with the ensuing words, 

 4 fish unkilled are not to be exposed for sale (during the days specified), Sanskrit 

 *?fljSf ^^TW: «ttfR f^^rf^i ^ s it stands however avadhya must refer 

 either to * things unkilled' or the things whose slaughter is above interdicted 



