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CEYLON BRANCH- — ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY, 



Criminal Code : the Maha Waggo and Chula Waggo the 

 Ecclesiastical and Civil Code, and the Pariwari Pata is a 

 recapitulation and elucidation of the preceding books in a 

 kind of catechetical form. It is unnecessary here to give 

 any detail of the four books of Criminal and Ecclesiastical 

 law, and the nature of the last mentioned one, the Pariwari 

 Pata, may be understood from the following passage which is 

 the first, after an enumeration of the order in which the con- 

 tents are arranged. 



esg^SD^n ©cbi)o ?3$,?§zs*o <s ^^^<3xn &i o5 . Where 



was the first Parajika (law for expulsion from the priesthood) 

 enacted by the blessed, wise, discerning, holy and all-perfect 

 Budha. 



^©e3ogc3o°5(^^<5^o It was enacted in Wesali. 



zsio^d&fftO'S. On whose account? 

 ^§<2tx5^o ei-c^S 4 ^ ^fod^to. On account of Sudinna of 

 Kalanda. 



4ge3@o 8«^gee©«*^. On what occasion ? 



cs€3s>er© »e3©oS)«^e3©o Sudinna of Kalanda had sexual 

 intercourse with his former wife (the woman who was his 

 wife at the time he forsook his home to become a priest.) 

 On that occasion. 



£s^«3-63€3. Is there in it an enactment, additional clauses, 

 and an enactment for causes not contained in the previous 

 clauses. 



ctx^«5€3 «5eJ@o*p«3§. There is one enactment, and two 

 additional clauses ; but no enactment, at that time, for cases 

 not contained in the previous clauses. 



e3^a)e?(5oc5^«5^ &*<*v&Gsqe%'£€$§. Was the enact- 

 ment for all countries, or was it a local enactment. 



