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contemporary of Buddha. Kumarabhrtya, the treat-
ment of infantine diseases, forms the subject of part
of one of the ancient Buddhist medical treatises pre-
served in the Bower Ms. 3 !• The school of Ambhiyas
is not otherwise known. M reads 37-
M ‘not fit for intercourse.’ 42- ‘He is killed
by a single throw with a stone.’ 44. Suggested
emendation for qqqfqWr ( B), or quq ( M), or
52. Sh. This is an allu-
sion to the custom of Niyoga so often referred to in
the lawbooks and in the Mahabh. 54- ‘ The right
of seniority is respected.’ Conjectural reading. B has
sqgwfma, Sh ssJSWft g. 55- A Kulasarigha is a
constitution when a kula or family rules, i. e., an aris-
tocratic or oligarchical state (Jayaswal). An instance
of this form of government is supplied by the history
of the five Pandu brothers. The Sanghas or republics
form the subject of Adhikarana XI (sahghavrttam).
18 2- Sh. 3. 5^^, an official
in the royal service is meant. 5- M for 3T(¥T-
^q 9. ‘Cooking’ gold may be alchemy; see II, 12.
IO- Either the chiefs of a caravan are meant by qrsr,
or the carts or boats of merchants. 14- B has
‘in consideration of a compensation.’ 2O<
M Sh.
19, 6. The Nad kas or Nalikas, which have been
mentioned before (see I, 8), are measured by a water-
clock, a description of which is given in II, 20, Each
Nadika lasts 90 minutes, = one eighth part of a day.
This, as observed by Dr. Fleet, is a rather exceptional
division of time and does not agree with the Nalika of
24 minutes, which is referred to in II, 20. 7. The
length of the shadow is measured by a gnomon. 8.
contemporary of Buddha. Kumarabhrtya, the treat-
ment of infantine diseases, forms the subject of part
of one of the ancient Buddhist medical treatises pre-
served in the Bower Ms. 3 !• The school of Ambhiyas
is not otherwise known. M reads 37-
M ‘not fit for intercourse.’ 42- ‘He is killed
by a single throw with a stone.’ 44. Suggested
emendation for qqqfqWr ( B), or quq ( M), or
52. Sh. This is an allu-
sion to the custom of Niyoga so often referred to in
the lawbooks and in the Mahabh. 54- ‘ The right
of seniority is respected.’ Conjectural reading. B has
sqgwfma, Sh ssJSWft g. 55- A Kulasarigha is a
constitution when a kula or family rules, i. e., an aris-
tocratic or oligarchical state (Jayaswal). An instance
of this form of government is supplied by the history
of the five Pandu brothers. The Sanghas or republics
form the subject of Adhikarana XI (sahghavrttam).
18 2- Sh. 3. 5^^, an official
in the royal service is meant. 5- M for 3T(¥T-
^q 9. ‘Cooking’ gold may be alchemy; see II, 12.
IO- Either the chiefs of a caravan are meant by qrsr,
or the carts or boats of merchants. 14- B has
‘in consideration of a compensation.’ 2O<
M Sh.
19, 6. The Nad kas or Nalikas, which have been
mentioned before (see I, 8), are measured by a water-
clock, a description of which is given in II, 20, Each
Nadika lasts 90 minutes, = one eighth part of a day.
This, as observed by Dr. Fleet, is a rather exceptional
division of time and does not agree with the Nalika of
24 minutes, which is referred to in II, 20. 7. The
length of the shadow is measured by a gnomon. 8.