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22. Panahdnantari'ya. a term applied by the Buddhists to five deadly sins 



which are visited with immediate retribution, viz., matricide, parricide, 

 the murder of an Arhat, the shedding of Buddha's blood, and schism 

 in religion. 



23. Preta, a hobgoblin, a disembodied spirit subject to suffering. 



2-1. The original is uddttd which means 'great' or 1 illustrious,' 'dear,' or 

 'beloved.' — Wilson. 



25. The word kardyrdhyd which is here rendered 'tax be imposed' admits of 

 being rendered ' is not to be married or taken with the hand.' 



2(j". Anumodanwa is literally to be pleased with, but generally used in the 

 sense of taking pleasure in or a part of the merit acquired by another. 



27. Reading varikara or ravitiva for raratara. Vavi being Tamil for ' tax/ 



and liava Sanskrit or tira Tamil, for ' duty,' ' tribute' or ' impost.' 



28. Accyutanpadan, a state from which there is no fall-— one of the terms 



for Nirwana. 



