^305:3 Hallohaliya, which is declared by the commentator to be synonymous with ahilodi, saradi, and kakkindi. Of these words only saradi is known; for it seems to be the same with Sanskrit sarata or saratu, 'chameleon, lizard,' and Marathi sarata, 'hedge-lizard.'

^305:4 Himah styanodakah.

^306:1 The whole of the seventeenth rule holds good not only for the rainy season, but also for the rest of the year (ritubaddhakala).

^306:2 Viharabhumi and vikarabhumi, which in the Akaranga Sutra I have, according to the explanation of the commentary, translated places for study and religious practices.'

^307:1 The commentator translates pitha, 'stool,' and phalaka, 'bench;' they are of course not the property of the mendicant, but only temporally reserved for his use.

^308:1 After these words the text has pakkhiya arovana, which is explained in two ways: 1. every half-month the tied strings on the bed should be untied and inspected; the same should be done with wicker-work (? davaraka; cf. Hindi daura, 'basket'); 2. every half-month prayaskitta should be made. The commentator Samayasundara says that "these words are not connected with the preceding and following ones; their import (paramartha) should be learned from a well-instructed brother (gitartha). I think that pakkhiya is not connected with paksha, 'half-month,' but with kesapaksha, 'braid of hair, tresses;' the two words, or rather the compound, would in that case denote arrangement of (or in) tresses or braids, and relate to nuns who do not, as far as I know, shave their head. A precept for nuns is just what would be expected at this place, after one for monks (arya) has been given.

^308:2 The last words are variously interpreted by the commentators. Therakappa is said to mean 'old monks,' for young and strong ones must pluck out their hair every four months. It usually denotes the conduct of ordinary monks, in opposition to the Ginakappa; if taken in this sense, the whole passage is made out to mean that even one who, because of sickness of hiss scalp, is dispensed from tearing out his hair, must do it in the rainy season, for then the precept is binding both for Ginakalpikas and Sthavirakalpikas. According to the interpretation I have followed the words samvakkharie va therakappe are a sort of colophon to the rules 17-22, and indicate that these rules apply to Sthavirakalpikas, but not exclusively (va), as some apply to Ginakalpikas also. The phrase samvakkhariya therakappa occurs also at the beginning of section 62, and has there a similar meaning.

^309:1 According to the commentary, they should ask each other the meaning of the Sutras.