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ing a residence, or danger of falling into sin*, the Sidhyatara may take from a disciple receiving religious instructions, and freely giving them, grass, hardened eartht, ashes, an earthen pant, a high stool, a low stool, a couch, bedding, ointment, and so forth.
4. The fourth Kalpa is the Rájapinda, or royal establishment. Its constituent parts are--a commander-in-chief, a chief priest, a chief bankers, a prime cabinet minister, a master of the chariots, and, together with the protection of the realm, the before-mentioned twelve articles of regimen. These things then belong only to an anointed king, and hence do not accord with the religious practice of the first and last Tirthankars. But the Rájapinda was possessed by the other twentytwo, at the same time that there was no imperfection in their wisdom, and they were free from all sin.
*The thing chiefly contemplated by Yatis here is the prevalence of insects, and the consequent danger of committing sin by treading on them.
Probably bricks hardened in the sun, so commonly used in India for building.
To be used as a pot de chambre.
§ A kind of Rothschild, to supply the sovereign with funds on emergencies. He is called here (whence the Gujarathi, Set,) and holds to the State a relation somewhat like that of the Governor of the Bank of England.
