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## Pinḍa Niyukti
The subject of research is why the Pinḍaniryuktikār did not use the word "Mandali"? Digambara tradition sadhus go alone for alms. They are pāṇipātra, and in the house where the muni's abhigraha are complete, they receive alms free from 14 malas and 32 antarāyas. They stand and take alms only once a day. For Śvetāmbara sadhus, the instruction is to bring alms in a wooden vessel and eat at their own place. After bringing the alms, the muni should rest for a moment so that the fatigue and disturbance of the metals are calmed. During the time of rest, in kāyoatsarga, he should contemplate that if the ācārya or muni blesses the food brought by me, I will be blessed, I will be fortunate, and I will believe that they have saved me from the ocean of existence. After contemplation, he should request the ācārya to give the food brought by me to a guest, ascetic, sick, elderly, or student. Whether they accept that invitation or not, the result is that the mind of the one who gives the invitation is purified and there is abundant nirjarā, and the benefit of knowledge etc. is obtained. In Āgama literature, great emphasis is placed on the division of the food received. One who does not divide cannot be eligible for liberation. If the muni hides the food from other things due to greed while taking food, then due to this taste and lust, he binds himself with dense karmas. Due to the lack of self-satisfaction, liberation also becomes rare for him.
Ācārya Tilaka has explained this in two different meanings by considering bhikṣācārya as two words. The first word 'bhikṣā' is accepted in the context of bringing pure eṣaṇīya alms by going around, and the second word 'cārya' is accepted in the sense of eating. Anyway, the root 'car' is also used in the sense of eating, so the faults that occur during the time of paribhoga-iṣaṇā also come under bhikṣācārya. These are also called grāsa-iṣaṇā or māṇḍalika faults. Even after taking pure food from the source and production, if there is no discretion or non-attachment during consumption, then that pure food also becomes tainted with faults. In the Daśavaikalika Sutra, it is said that the muni should eat whatever food is available, whether it is bitter, pungent, astringent, sour-sweet, or salty, like honey and ghee. He should eat for the proper carrying of the burden of restraint, like applying ointment on a wound and massage on a chariot wheel, not for taste or attachment. In the Āgamas, it is mentioned that the muni should not move the food from the left molar to the right molar for the sake of taste. Just as a snake enters a hole straight, so too, with a non-attached attitude, he should swallow the food down his throat.
1. According to Daśa 5/1/93, Oghanīyukti Bhāṣya (274), after bringing the alms, the muni should chant the Namaskāra Mahāmantra for 8 breaths.
2. Daśa 5/1/94
3. Panv 346, Oni 523-525
4. Mavṛ p. 75
5. Daśa 9/2/22
6. Daśa 5/2/31, 32
7. Daśa 5/1/97
8. Oni 546
9. Ā 8/101; Se bhikṣū vā bhikṣuṇī vā asanaṁ vā pāṇaṁ vā khāimaṁ vā sāimaṁ vā āhāremāṇe ṇo vāmaō haṇuyāō dāhiṇaṁ haṇuyaṁ sancārejja āsaemāṇe dāhiṇāō vā haṇuyāō vāmaṁ haṇuyaṁ ṇo sancārejja.
10. Daśa-acū p. 8; Jahā sappo sar tti bilaṁ pavisati tahā....