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•*Ten Ordinances' " To which the teacher answers, Good, you may 

 enter the noviciate: you must not take away life; you must not 

 steal; you must lead a life of perfect celibacy; you must not 

 speak that which is untrue, nor make use of abusive words or coarse 

 uncivil language, nor jests ; and you must not sou^ dissention among 

 friends ; any thing of inebriating quality you must not use ; after 

 the sun has gained the meridian, you must not eat ; you must not 

 listen to music, nor look on at feasts or dancing ; you must not 

 wear flowers or use perfumes ; you must not sleep on a high couch 

 or soft bed ; you must not possess gold or silver, nor even touch 

 them : that you transgress not the^e ten rules you must carefully 

 watch/' Thus must the teacher direct ; and the novice must say, 

 *' Good, my Lord, I am willing." 



Again, at the time he wishes to become a rhahdn, he must pre- 

 pare a large thanegan,{}^) and it must be four cubits broad, and 

 six cubits and two mikei}"^) long, made of nine pieces, and sewn to- 

 gether with fifty-four double seams; and after it is sewn it must be 

 washed, and afterwards dyed with the w^ood(i5) of the jack-tree, cut 

 into small pieces and boiled in water ; afterwards the dyed thanegan 

 must be wetted with the juice of the leaves of the dowkyat.Q^) 

 After this a thahike, and the rest of the eight things necessary 

 (like as was ordered for the noviciate, a fresh supply of these), must 

 be procured and kept ready ; and the novice must then go to the 

 presence of an aged teacher, well acquainted with the sacred wri- 

 tings, and along with him he must solicit the r^ttendance of 

 twenty other priests, and they must then go to the thyne.{^T) 



Having reached the thyne, the person about to be made a priest, 

 must make obeisance to the others, and the chief teacher then, and 

 the three readers, say, " According to established usage, he must 

 now be interrogated." 



Questions now from the three readers Q^) to the candidate : — 



Q. Have you sought for and obtained the attendance of priests 

 of advanced age, and who fulfil the ordinances of the law, for the 

 purpose of ordaining you? — A. I have. 



Q. Have you procured a thabike, thanegan, and the rest of th« 

 articles necessary ? — A. They are all in readiness. 



Q. Are there twenty priests present ? — A. There are. 



(By the readers.) Such being the case, you must now put on 

 the two portions of the priest's garment (the one that goes round the 

 waist and the upper robe) ; and the remaining thanegan (the one 

 for a change of dress), must be folded and kept on the left shoulder. 



