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ments for exercising the body, and weights for stretching the arms. There, after exercising himself till he was tired and tired again, he took various kinds of oils, some with a hundred and others with a thousand drugs and medicaments dissolved in them, sweet-smelling, nourishing, irradiating, exhilarating, fattening, strengthening, and quickening all the senses ; he anointed himself all over with these ; he was then well rubbed and shampoed by men skilled in the art, and who could impart a softness and tenderness even to the palms of the hands and soles of the feet, who could perform their work with quickness and dexterity, the first and cleverest of their profession, and who had studied well the art, and were incapable of fatigue, kneading the body till the bones were invigorated, the muscles Fefreshed, the skin relaxed, and the hair made to shine, all the four tissues of the body refreshed, and all langour and fatigue banished. He then left the gymnasium, and went into the bathing room*. The room was hung round with strings of pearls, and various kinds of jewels, the floor of the smoothest stuccowork; a delightful bathing place it was. Siddhártha sat down upon the jewelled easy bathing seat, and then performed his ablutions, so con
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