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Sudinno, and gained his affection. — Just so, O lady; an- 

 swered the former wife of the venerable Sudinno to the mother 

 of the venerable Sudinno. Then the mother of the venerable 

 Sudinno, taking the former wife of the venerable Sudinno, 

 came to the jungle where the venerable Sudinno was, and 

 having come, said this to the venerable Sudinno : — Now, O 

 child Sudinno ; now O child Sudinno ; our family is rich, has 

 large possessions, much food, much gold and silver, much 

 wealth, and much grain. Receive all this, O Sudinno, and to 

 possess these things, come to the lay state, and to perform 

 merits ; come, O child Sudinno, possess these things, and per- 

 form merits* 



O mother, I will not attempt it; I am unable to do it; 

 with great desire I practise the Brahmachariya. And the 

 second time, and the thit d time also the mother of the venerable 

 Sudinno said this to the venerable Sudinno Now, O child 

 Sudinno, our family is wealthy, has large possessions, much 

 food, much gold and silver, riluch wealth arid much grain. Ke- 

 'ceive all this, O child Sudinno, and give seed. Do riot allow 

 this, that the Lichchhawi should carry off our heirless wealth- 

 I can do that, he said ; — and having taken hold of the arm of 

 his former wife, and gone to the great jungle 1 , cohabited (1) 

 thrice with his former wife; the discipline at that time having 

 not been declared, and he not knowing that it was wrong. 

 From that time $he conceived. (Then) earthly deities Caused 

 this sound to be heard: — Certainly the company of the* Bhik- 

 khus is faultless, and free from evil, (but) by Sudinno a fault 

 has been committed, and evil begotten. The gods of the Chatu 

 Maha Rajika worlds having heard the sound of the earthly 

 deities, Caused that sound to be heard, &c. The Tawatimsa 



(h) Did " Methuna Dliamnia," the name of tbe first Parajfka. 



