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Hatthināura to where the park Sahassamba was and having done so he resorted to an acceptable place of residence and passed his time in practising asceticism and penance. At that time and at that period the eldest disciple of the elderly monk Dhammaghosa named Sudatta, a houseless monk, who was noble ( here the rest is to be supplied § 28, down to ) who was possessed of a pure
lesyā' ( a particular colour or emotion of the soul ) passed his time in practising monthly fasts. Then that houseless monk Sudatta at the time of breaking the monthly fast engrossed himself in the study of the sacred texts in the first “Porasi' --a period of three hours ( lit. human shadow used to indicate time ), ( exactly as in the case of Goyamsāmî in the second lecture ), and took permission of the elderly monk Dhammaghosa ( here the rest is to be supplied § 9, down to ) while wandering he entered the house of the householder Sumuha. Then that householder Sumuha saw that houseless monk Sudatta coming to his house and having done so, being greatly delighted and pleased, he got up from his seat and having done so he got down from the foot-stool and having done so he put off his shoes and put on a scarf and having done so he went seven steps forward to welcome the houseless monk Sudatta and having done so he circuambulated him thrice and having done so he saluted to him and bowed down to him, and then went to where the kitchen was and having done so he became greatly pleased
