Lakkhaṇapāṭhakā lakkhaṇaṁ ādisanti— maṇilakkhaṇaṁ daṇḍalakkhaṇaṁ vatthalakkhaṇaṁ asilakkhaṇaṁ usulakkhaṇaṁ dhanulakkhaṇaṁ āvudhalakkhaṇaṁ itthilakkhaṇaṁ purisalakkhaṇaṁ kumārikālakkhaṇaṁ kumāralakkhaṇaṁ dāsilakkhaṇaṁ dāsalakkhaṇaṁ hatthilakkhaṇaṁ assalakkhaṇaṁ mahiṁsalakkhaṇaṁ usabhalakkhaṇaṁ goṇalakkhaṇaṁ ajalakkhaṇaṁ meṇḍalakkhaṇaṁ kukkuṭalakkhaṇaṁ vaṭṭalakkhaṇaṁ godhālakkhaṇaṁ kaṇṇikālakkhaṇaṁ kacchapalakkhaṇaṁ migalakkhaṇaṁ iti vāti. Evaṁ lakkhaṇapāṭhakā lakkhaṇaṁ ādisanti. Nakkhattapāṭhakā nakkhattaṁ ādisanti. Aṭṭhavīsati nakkhattāni. Iminā nakkhattena gharappaveso kattabbo, iminā nakkhattena makuṭaṁ bandhitabbaṁ, iminā nakkhattena vāreyyaṁ kāretabbaṁ, iminā nakkhattena bījanīhāro kattabbo, iminā nakkhattena saṁvāso gantabboti. Evaṁ nakkhattapāṭhakā nakkhattaṁ ādisanti. <b>Āthabbaṇaṁ supinaṁ lakkhaṇaṁ, no vidahe athopi nakkhattan</b>ti. Āthabbaṇañca supinañca lakkhaṇañca nakkhattañca no vidaheyya na careyya na samācareyya na samādāya vatteyya. Atha vā na gaṇheyya na uggaṇheyya na dhāreyya na upadhāreyya na upalakkheyya nappayojeyyāti— āthabbaṇaṁ supinaṁ lakkhaṇaṁ, no vidahe athopi nakkhattaṁ.