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## Harivamsha Purana, Anushtup
**Verse 78:**
Two, two, and one, these are auspicious, ending in five. Sixty, diminished on both sides, in the Lion's Play method.
**Verse 79:**
One, and up to eight, then nine again at the peak. In the middle, fasts should be fifty, a hundred in total.
**Explanation:**
**Lion's Play (Singhniskridit) Vrat:**
This vrat has three types: inferior (jghanya), medium (madhyama), and superior (utkrisht). The inferior Lion's Play vrat follows this pattern:
* Create a sequence where numbers one to five appear twice, increasing and decreasing by two each time.
* Repeat the sequence from five to one, again increasing and decreasing by two.
* The total number of digits represents the number of fasts, and the number of spaces represents the number of paranas (breaking of fast).
**Example:**
1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1 1 4 3 5 4 5 5
1 1 1 1 1 1 4 5 3 4 2 3 1 2 1
**In this example:**
* You would fast once, then break your fast once.
* Then, you would fast twice, then break your fast once.
* This pattern continues, increasing and decreasing the number of fasts by one each time.
**The inferior Lion's Play vrat has a total of 60 fasts and 20 paranas, and it lasts for 80 days.**
**Medium Lion's Play Vrat:**
* Create a sequence from one to eight, with nine at the peak.
* Repeat the sequence from eight to one.
* Follow the same pattern of increasing and decreasing the number of fasts by one each time.
**The medium Lion's Play vrat has a total of 133 fasts and 33 paranas, and it lasts for 166 days.**
**Example:**
1 1 1
1
1
8
2 1 3
1
7
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1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4
1
1
8 6
1 1
7 5
3 5 4 6 5 7
1
6
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
6 8
7 8 9
1
1
4 5
1
3
1
4
1
2
1
3
1
1
1
2
1
1