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³ Mahāvastu, i, 18. Senart has the term hastinagaḍādibhiḥ, but Bailey reads it as hadio, which also occurs in Divya., pp. 365 and 435 in the sense of fetters (SBB, xvi, 15, fn. 2). The term harahīgorahī, is used in Maithili in the sense of wooden shackles.