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² E. C., X, Mr. 4, p. 156. We do not know whether learned Brahmans pronounced a blessing on the reigning sovereign as was done in A.D. 1157 at Tālgunda (Sthanagundur). Rice, Mys. Ins., p. 194. As regards the custom of waving the lamps before the king, see also Lakshmīśa Jaimini Bhārata Sandhi 4, v. 72, p. 78 (Sanderson). See infra for royal ablutions; Bāṇa; Harshacharita, p. 104.