ABSTRACT
Udásí in the house of his Gurú, and continues the study of the Vedas. At the Dacca Ákhá_ra the disciple is marked at the initiatory rite55
with the `Sankha of Vishnu on the left shoulder, and with the Chakra on the right. The stamp is made of eight metals (a_sh_ta-dhátu), gold, silver, copper, brass, tin, lead, iron, and zinc (dastá); but the Dwáraka stamp is said to be an iron one.
