amongst the Singhalese. 249 



signify (( a teacher of a sect different from Budhism," or a 

 " sectarian," an "unbeliever ;" or as Mr. Tumour has rendered 

 it in his Bhudhistical Annals, " one of the antagonist creed." 

 To return however to the subject. In accordance with the 

 injunction of Budha contained in the passage which I have 

 extracted from the Buddhawansa, the Samaneros, address the 

 Upasampada priests es^gedt©©^ ©S)<5't<2s5<2D0<55©e£, ©<5D 

 <5i&$?)&)&5<&z6 3 or qpc£©r6)o6)etf ; whilst the latter use to- 

 wards the former <5)t<20, &b£?D£to, ^DQ&S&^i&gS, -e^g^d", 

 Q^d"c^x. As amongst the priests themselves of each class, 

 there are different appellations. For, (to use the language 

 of Turnour) (( as in the order of ordination one Bikkhu must 

 be senior to another, an appellation implying equality ap- 

 plied by a junior to a senior Upasampada is disrestpectful 

 and irreverent."* 



I shall here notice a peculiarity arising from sectarian 

 animosity, viz., that the priests of the Siam and Amarapura 

 sects do not, when they meet, salute each other. Amongst 

 other peculiarities w T hich distinguish the one from the other, 

 I may also here mention the fact, that the Amarapuras 

 differ from the Siamese by having both their shoulders covered 

 with a roll of robe. I will not express an opinion as to the 

 correctness or incorrectness of the innovation : but judging 

 from the conduct of the fathers of the Budhist faith, the 

 adjustment of the robe, so as to leave one shoulder bare (as is 

 the wont of the Siamese sect) seems to be proper, at least in 

 appearing in an assembly. The reader will find frequent men- 

 tion of this in Bhudhistical writers. I shall content myself 

 with three extracts from Tumour's Pali Bhudhistical Annals, 

 in the sixth volume of the Bengal Asiatic Society's J ournaL 



" The thero Anando who had attained the arathood, also 

 repaired to the meeting. 6 How did he go' ? Saying to him 

 self with the greatest delight, adjusting his robes, so as to leave 



* Bengal Asiatic Society's Journal, vol. vii, p. 1007, 



