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22 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
to dissuade him from the likely turn which he may give to his life. But they found no other means besides those they had tried.
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- And the seraglio of women wearing their garlands and ornaments in vain, with their graceful arts and endearments all fruitless, concealing their love deep in their hearts, was disbanded.
§ 13. Initiation into the Sakya Sangh
The Sakyas had their Sangh. Every Sakya youth above twenty had to be initiated into the Sangh and be a member of the Sangh.
Siddharth Gautama had reached the age of twenty. It was time for him to be initiated into the Sangh and become a member thereof.
The Sakyas had a meeting-house which they called Sansthagar. It was situated in Kapilavatsu. The session of the Sangh was also held in the Sansthagar.
With the object of getting Siddharth initiated into the Sangh, Suddhodana asked the Purohit of the Sakyas to convene a meeting of the Sangh.
Accordingly the Sangh met at Kapilavatsu in the Sansthagar of the Sakyas.
At the meeting of the Sangh, the Purohit proposed that Siddharth be enrolled as a member of the Sangh.
The Senapati of the Sakyas then rose in his seat and addressed the Sangh as follows : “Siddharth Gautama, born in the family of Suddhodana of the Sakya clan, desires to be a member of the Sangh. He is twenty years of age and is in every way fit to be a member of the Sangh. I, therefore, move that he be made a member of the Sakya Sangh. Pray, those who are against the motion speak.”
No one spoke against it. “A second time do I ask those who are against the motion to speak,” said the Senapati.
No one rose to speak against the motion. Again the Senapati said : “A third time do I ask those who are against the motion to speak.”