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ANALYSIS OF THE DULVA, 



prohibited from touching any woman ; — they may not save even one that 

 has fallen into the river ; — modification of the former prohibitive precepts. 



Leaf 407. They are prohibited from seizing a cow by the tail, in 

 swimming over a river ; — occasion thereof. They may seize the tail of a fine 

 elephant, fine horse, bull, buffalo, and yak, but they must at the same 

 time make use of a leather bag (glove?) Improprieties committed with the 

 leather bags. They are prohibited from wearing wooden shoes ( siting -gi- 

 mcJihil-lham) ; — occasion of that prohibition. They are permitted to wear 

 them in their own houses ; — what was the reason thereof. What to do with 

 the wooden shoes presented (or offered) to them by the people, iea/408. 



The first volume of the Dulvd, terminates here. Note : The scenes 

 of the transactions it contains, and indeed of the whole Dulva, are repre- 

 sented to have been, with a few exceptions, R&jagriha in 3Iagadha, and 

 Shrdvasti in Kosala, or more properly the groves near those cities. 



The p (Kha) or second volume of the Dulvd. 



This volume contains 563 leaves. It is divided into 30 parts or books 

 {^\^'^ Bam-po) or from the 25th to the 54th book inclusive. 



From leaf 1 to 10 is the continuation of the KoApags-Gzhi 

 ^'<5j5i<V of the first volume, or the treatise on leather or -hide; or, 



in general, on the priests being allowed to wear shoes. In the Index, 

 the subject of the whole volume is said to be on medicaments. But 

 there is very little on that subject, except from the 10th to the 40th leaf 



From leaf 1 to 10. Several sorts of shoes {McJi liil-\ham) of the reli- 

 gious class are enumerated, together with the stories of their being brought 

 into use and prohibited afterwards by Shakya. Such are those made of 

 reed leaves (^mtyug-lo) ; of the fibres of the munja grass ; of thread or 

 yarn (srad-bu), &c. 



From leaf 10 to 19. ShXrya in the grove near Shrdvasti. On medicine 

 and drugs prepared from the roots, stalks or stems, leaves, flowers, fruits 

 or nuts, juices or sap, and gums of certain plants and trees. Nuts of an 



