OS EVIDENCE* OR T,IIAT PHfttYAN. 
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Arahatto, Sammasaiu, P,hoot,thatsa, P,hootfchang Saranang kachamee 
T,hammang saranang k,achamee, sang,khang saranang kha,chamee* 
and perhaps the priest gives him a sort of absolution, consisting in his 
repeating after him in Bali the seenhct or pet seen, or the eight ob-= 
servances ordained for priest and such of the Laity as aspire to lead 
holy lives. 
Panatee pata, wera manee sikk,ha pat,hang Samat,hee yanee; not 
to murder or conceive malice. 
2., At’heena t,hana, not to steal. 
3. Kara6 soomeecha chara to avoid adultery Ap,hramma chiriya 
fornication with a virgin prohibited. 
4. Moosa wat,ha &c. To avoid falsehood. 
5. Soora Meraya machapama fc,hathana, drinking of spirituous 
liquors forbidden. 
6. Weekara B,hochana, not to eat at night. 
7. Natchakee fcawa teet ta weesookat,hatsana mala k,hand,haweeli 
panad,hara narnandana weebho sana t,hana &o., not to visit dances 
or attend at theatrical exhibitions, not to wear flowers, or hold them 
in the hand, or use perfumes. 
8. Ootcha sayanamaha sayana, weranamee &c., not to sit on the 
place, or couch of a parent, of spiritual guide. Then from the Hat- 
tamnan is repeated the invocation of all the deities and spirits in 
their mythology beginning Sak,he kamd charoop^ kheereeseek,ha 
rattat^ &c. There is no holy water swallowed, as is customary amongst 
the Hindus. But it is administered when the oath of fidelity to the 
king is to be tendered. 
The witness then repeats in the manner he best can the following 
oath or imprecations either in whole or in part as the case may 
seem to require, which a priest runs over with peculiar, and what in 
British Courts of Justice would he deemed indecorous volubility. 
By the way it may here be remarked that the length and nature of 
this oath is the best possible comment on that part of the Siamese 
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* The triad namely 1. Buddha. 2. The word or Scriptures. 3. The 
Priesthood. 
