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When shampooing is over the feet should be washed with water (good to touch according to season) by first applying the powder of Masūra pulse inixed with turmeric (to remove the grease) and then they should again be washed and dried.
Then comes Yānopabhoga. Herein he gives nine kinds of Yānas (vehicles) beginning with Dolā and ending with Plāvaka-a canoe or coracle. Dolāyāna with one bar resembles modern palanquin. The male elephant should be quick and pleasant in gait while the female elephant should go slowly along with a Puspaka (known in Marathi as Ambāri) on the back. A good mare also can be used as a Yāna, or a horse having all the four gaits should be taken as a Yāna. The four gaits are Mayūragati, Tittiragati, Marālagati and Catuskagati. The seventh vehicle is called the Ratha mostly with two wheels which is drawn by two or four horses. Eighth is the boat and the ninth is the pleasure boat, coracle or a canoe, round in form, made of bamboo chips and covered with leather.
Then comes the Chatrabhoga. In this chapter the royal umbrella, Meghaďambarī (parasol), Câmara (fly-whisk) and another kind of Cāmara made of the feathers of a peacock's tail are described. These yet and prat only are included in the royal insignia.
Then comes the Sayyābhoga in which seven kinds of beds and eight kinds of bed-steads are described. One of the seven beds (Toyaśayyā) is filled in with water and will appear quite original even in modern age. This of course is made of leather and contains water. Of the bed-steads there is none quite unkown to us. The king should have Hamsajāśayyā, i.e. a bed prepared from the feathers of Hamsa in the spring, the bed of flowers or tender foliage at the time of enjoyment, the cotton bed in the hot season and the water bed at noon. In Hemanta, Sisira and the rainy season the king should use the cotton bed to remove cold. In the Sarad season he should use the Dolāmañca i.e. swinging bed with the filaments of lotuses in it for the sake of enjoyment.
Then comes the Dhūpabhoga. Herein he gives the ingredients of the then well known Dhūpas such as the Cūrņadhūpa, Pindadhūpa and Vartidhūpa. The incense holder of gold or silver should be prepared in the form of a bird or a beast with many holes in it to allow the Dhūpa or smoke to go out of the holder. This method is useful especially in the case of Pindadhūpa. Different incense holders are described for Cūrņadhūpa and Vartidhūpa. This last kind of Dhūpa is to be placed right before the face of the king or of his beloveds or before the skirts of their Sāris or their hair.
Aho ! Shrutgyanam
