[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Religion and philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion) › [Early Monastic Buddhism](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dutt-1941) › v1.c19.s2.1 # Early Monastic Buddhism v1.c19.s2.1 Early Monastic Buddhism v1.c19.s2.1 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c19.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dutt-1941.v1.c19.s2.1) 1. A person seeking ordination was required to shave his hair and moustache,⁴ put on yellow robes, and after covering one shoulder only by the yellow robes, sit on his legs, salute the bhikkhus, and then with folded hands, utter the tisaraṇa formula.⁵ - [Previous: v1.c19.s1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dutt-1941.v1.c19.s1.17) - [Next: v1.c19.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dutt-1941.v1.c19.s2.2) - [Up: v1.c19.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dutt-1941.v1.c19.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dutt-1941.v1.c19.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dutt-1941.v1.c19.s2.1) · Pramāṇa