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vYAVASTHA*IDARIPANA 10g But, again, assuming the Boirági to be a sufficient description of the yati of JA any AvALKYA, his goods are not inherited by his chelá or pupil in that eapacity, but by his sat shishya (or virtuous approved pupil.) A person may become the chelá or follower or pupil of a yati of his own accord. After he has served the yati for a year, if the yati thinks him worthy of the honor, he makes him a shishya (an approved pupil), and then should he be the sat shishya or best of the approved pupils, he would inherit. Om turning to Wilson's Sanserit, Dictionary we find the word chedâ or cheld to mean a servant. There is a period of servitude for a twelve-month necessary before the aspirant pupil can become a shishya or partake of its privileges. The pupil in this state of probation is called a chelo, and after a twelve-month he may become a shishya if approved of, but not necessarily so; but a cheli as such can never inherit. There is no instance in the reports of the Sudder Dewanny Adawlut applicable to this case : the only cases there relate to the succession to the Mohantship of the Maths, of which IRāmānanda was the originator and those cases clearly shew that the succession depends on election, and not upon inheritance merely. GRANT, J.-We are of opinion that the exceptive allegation must be allowed ; that more must be shewn by the promovent on the face of the libel, than is stated, to shew his right to sue. This exceptive allegation then must be allowed and with costs, “the othcrparty having liberty to amend. SETON, J. concurred. Fulton’s Reports, Vol. I. pp. 217–224. "The following is an extract from a letter upon this subject, which the editor received from Bábu Prasanno Kumār Thákur, a gentleman of well known learning and repute. “The word chelá is applied to a servant or one who serves another, and we find that under the authority quoted below one who serves his spiritusl guide by word of mouth, with his heart, with his personal attendauce and his wealth, may, when possessed of these qualities, be a shishya, and no one else. Ilence the duty of a servant is a necessary preliminary qualification for becoming a shishya ; during the probationary period above alluded to be cannot be called by any other name than that of a chelá or servant. - The conclusion I come to, therefore, is that a cheld or servant may, if qualified. be admitted a shishya, bnt the mere denomi nation of chelá does not necessarily imply the meaning of shishya. The Hindu law recognises the right of inheritance of the alter, ord, consequently, no cheld of a deceased ascetic can inherit his property, unless the former can prove himself his shish vet koo.” The following extracts from the first section of the work by Krishnananda, called Tantrasdora, compiled some time about the end of the 15th or the beginning of the 16th century, have been furaished to the editor by the same learned gentleman :* Let me, in the first place. dascribe the respective qualities which should form the character of a spiritual guide and of his religious pupil. With regard to the former. it is necessary that he be of gentle and mild disposition, and capable of controlling his passions. He is to be descended from a respectable family, modest, neat in his dress, of pure manners, and possessing reputation for good deeds, he must be pious, clever, and a man of good sense. He must be of one of the four orders of sects, full of devotion, and well conversant with religious works, and their rites and ceremonies ; capable of inflicting punishment as of doing acts of favour ; a person possessing these qualities may be properly called a spiritual guide. With regard to the latter, it is necessary that he should be gentle, modest, of a pure character, full of reverence, and possessing a good memory. He is to be able, and should be descended from a respectable family. He is to be a man of good sense, humble, and able to subdue his passions. There qualities are essentially requisite, and without these no one can become a religious pupil. A year’s residence and association with each other is required to form the connection of the spiritual guide and the pupil : it is also enjoined in Sarasangraha, that a good spiritual guide ahould put his dependant pupil to a year's probation. A knowledge of the -mysterious and excellent Shástras should not be imparted to every one without distinction, it should be imparted to a well-behaved pupil after a year's residence with him.”