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 ETIQUETTE OF THE HINDUS 147 it is customary to kiss the feet and rub the ankles of a high personage. Whenever orders are received at the hands of a superior, the person lifts the skirts of his robes and PARAPHERNALIA FOR A CHINESE BUDDHIST RITUAL OBSERVANCE. makes a prostration. The superior or honourable per- son who is thus reverenced must speak gently (to the inferior), either touching his head or patting his back, and addressing him with good words of direction or advice to show his affection. When a Sramana (Bud- dhist monk) or one who has entered on the religious