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24. The king should cause a wooden beam of the balance to be made, which must be four Hastas long,

a judge who is about to administer the ordeal by balance to one arraigned in a cause. The term ' the others ' is said to relate to Indra and the other deities.

20, 21. Minor Narada I, 5, 112, 113 (pp. 45, 46). The second half occurs in the Nepalese Narada as well, where the chapter on the ordeal by balance commences with it. For the Sanskrit, see Narada- smnti, loc. cit.

22. Minor Narada I, 5, 119 (p. 46). ata^ parawz pravakshyami dha/asya vidhim uttamam I ra^ ka. praa^vivakaj ia yatha taw karayen naram 11

23. Nepalese Narada. ^aturhastau tulapadav ukk/iT2iyena. prakir- titau I sha.dd/i2i^t3Lm tu tayor bhavet pramawa/?^ parimawata^ II The Minor Narada has the following text instead of this: dha/asya padav (padad) {irdhvaw tu ^aturhastau prakirtitau I paw^ahastd tula karya dvihasta Hrgala smma II Under this reading, the beam of the balance would have to be five Hastas long, whereas the following text (24) states its length at four Hastas.

2.4-26. Minor Narada I, 5, 121, 122 (p. 47 and Addenda, pp. xxxii, xxxiii). karayeta ^aturhastaw samaw lakshawalakshitam [

polished, furnished with the required characteristics, and having the two scales suspended by both extremities.