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S. B. DEO
(i) Greater :
In this series the fasts were from one to seventeen. The period required for one series was one year, six months and eighteen days. The whole was completed in six years, two months and twelve days. (ü) Lesser :
The fasts were restricted to the magnitude of two to ten. The whole was completed in two years and twenty-eight days.303 The Kanagāvalī:
1
1
2
3 3 3 3 0 3 3 3 3
3 3 3 3 0 3 3 3 3
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 0 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
33 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
33 SUPERNATURAL POWERS:
The monks were forbidden to make use of supernatural powers, or to indulge in the practice of popular sciences based on omens and superstitions.
303. Ibid., p. 48.
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