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of this stanza. His three MSS. omit it ; my three MSS. confirm 

 his conjecture ; they give the stanza as he prints it. 



5. Rajakulasmi : read this with Fausboll, following one MS* 

 out of three of his; my three MSS. give rajakulasmiih, but kulasmi 

 is to be preferred for sake of metre, on which account the 

 niggahitalopaih is admissible. 



6. Sallena : my three MSS, read this, which is to be preferred 

 to FausbolPs sallehi. 



7. Puranaeorana : read thus. See above, Note 5. 



8. Fausboll reads naccanta : prefer naccantam, following my 

 three MSS. 



Tandula NalikA Jatakam (5). 



Varabhattaih pana asuka vassagge thitam lamaka — bhattam asuka 

 vassagge — Davids translates, 



4< The good rice is in such a storehouse, the inferior rice in 

 such a storehouse." 



This is erroneous : Vassagga does not mean storehouse. It is a 

 well-known term. In a foot-note Davids says it is of doubtful 

 derivation, and only found in this passage. But he gets nearer the 

 meaning by translating :— *' The turn for the better rice has come 

 to the monk whose seniority dates from such and such a year, 

 and the turn for the inferior kind to the monk whose seniority 

 dates from such and such a year." 



Vassagga means "order of seniority," dating from the year and 

 hour of seniority. The issue of tickets (salaka) is regulated by 

 the vassagga. Thitika is the roster according to seniority. 

 The roster is regularly kept in the Malwatte Vihare and other 

 monasteries in Ceylon, as directed in the Commentary to theCula- 

 vagga, to this day. 



In the Culavagga and Samanta-pasadika (Vinaya Commentary), 

 under Senasanak-khandaka, we find the following : — 



C. VI. 11. 3, Old p. 167. 



Atha kho senasanagahapakanam bhikkhunaih etadahosi ; kathan 

 nu kho senasanaih gahetabbanti — bhagavato etam atthaih arocesum 

 Anujanami bhikkhave pathamaih bhikkhxi ganetuih, bhikkhu 

 ganetva seyya ganetuih, seyyaganetva seyyaggena gahetunti — 

 seyyaggena gahenta seyya. ussadiyiihsu— anujanami bhikkhave 

 viharaggena gahetunti — vihaggena gahenta vihara ussadiyiihsu 

 — anujanami bhikkhave parivenaggena gahetunti — parivenaggeua 

 gahenta parivena ussadayim.su — anujanami bhikkhave anubha- 

 gam pi datum. 



On this Samanta pasadika gives : — 



Pannavarajamaha mattenava samghato uddisetva ettake bhikkhu 



