 One powerful group was the Forest Dweller or "Ari" monks, who enjoyed wide influence at the Pagan court.Contemporary inscriptions show that the Aris ate evening meals, and presided over public ceremonies where they drank liquor and where cattle and other animals were sacrificed—activities considered scandalous by Burmese Buddhist norms of the 18th and 19th centuries.Aris reportedly also enjoyed a form of "ius primae noctis", at least prior to Anawrahta.