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ing one day a man saw him, and observed, what a fine woman 

 he would make, The guilt of this irreverent expression was 

 so great, that he himself became instantly changed into a 

 woman, and continued so till after he had given birth to two 

 children, when hy the power of the Eahat the evil was re- 

 moved, and he again became a man. 



There does not appear any order of time respecting the 

 enactment of the other laws, the arrangement being accord- 

 ing to the degree of punishment : The four crimes causing 

 expulsion, being placed first on the list, as having the highest 

 punishment attached to them. The second of these Paraji- 

 kas is respecting theft committed by a priest. It is intro- 

 duced by the following account : 



The blessed Bndha resided near Eajagaha on tTie eagle- 

 nest mountain (<£d r €is)-eg^s->£ e®<3*3> or vulture-nest moun- 

 tain,) a large number of the priests also resided during the 

 rainy season at Isigille, in grass huts, where they were kindly 

 and hospitably treated by the inhabitants. At the termi- 

 nation of the rainy season they broke down the huts, and 

 putting by the timber and grass with which they had been 

 constructed, they left the place to visit various parts of the 

 country. The venerable Dhaniyo, the potter's son, lived 

 there during the rains, but did not leave with the other priests, 

 intending to reside there during the remainder of the year. 

 While he was absent in the city obtaining alms, some persons 

 who were collecting wood and grass for sale, pulled down his 

 hut and carried off the materials. Upon his return, finding 

 his hut destroyed, he constructed another, but a second and a 

 third time it was destroyed and the materials stolen. He 

 then thought, three times has my hut been destroyed while I 

 have been absent in Sawatti, begging food. But as I am 

 perfectly acquainted with the arts of pottery, I will prepare 

 clay, and make a house entirely of earth. This thought 

 he carried into effect, and collecting grass, wood, and other 



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