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## Second Objective]
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Thus, wiping off the unrighteous dust from the feet with a *padaponchhan*, cleaning the *padaponchhan* with a *rajoharan* and sitting on it, and using the *padaponchhan* during defecation, etc., are all prescribed in the scriptures. Therefore, *rajoharan* and *padaponchhan* are different tools because *rajoharan* is used for cleaning, while *padaponchhan* is used for wiping the feet, etc. Thus, both have different meanings and uses. 2. *Padaponchhan* with a wooden stick
If it is not possible to clean a place in the shelter with a *rajoharan*, and it is necessary to clean that place for some special reason, then a wooden stick is tied in the middle of the *padaponchhan* and used. This is clear from the *Brihatkalpa* U. 5.
From the observation of the commentary texts, it appears that the commentators have sometimes considered *rajoharan* and *padaponchhan* to be the same tool, but the five types of *rajoharan* mentioned in *Brihatkalpa* U. 2, Su. 30 and *Sthananga* A. 5, U. 3, show that *padaponchhan* and *padaponchhan* with a wooden stick are different tools.
Difference between *rajoharan* and *padaponchhan*
*Rajoharan* is not considered *pratiharic*, but the *Nishith Uddeshak* 5, Su. 15-18, prescribes penance for not returning the *pratiharic padaponchhan* at the appointed time, which proves that it is *pratiharic*.
A cloth is wrapped around the wooden stick of the *rajoharan*, but a cloth is not wrapped around the wooden stick of the *padaponchhan*.
*Padaponchhan* is used not only for wiping the feet but also during defecation, and sometimes one can even sit on it, but both these actions are not possible with *rajoharan*. On the other hand, sitting on *rajoharan*, sleeping on it, keeping it at the head, etc., are considered penance in *Nishith Uddeshak* 5.
*Nishith Uddeshak* 4, Sutra 30, prescribes penance for keeping *rajoharan*, etc., on the path of the *nigranthi*’s arrival, but there is no mention of *padaponchhan* there.
*Nigranthi* can keep *padaponchhan* with a wooden stick for a month and a half in case of unavoidable sinful situation, but a *nigranthi* cannot keep *padaponchhan* with a wooden stick even in unavoidable sinful situation according to her special *samachari*, but both have to keep *rajoharan* with a wooden stick.
Thus, the difference between *padaponchhan*, *padaponchhan* with a wooden stick, and *rajoharan* is clear.
In *Dasha* A. 4 and *Prashna* Shru. 2, A. 5, the tools of the *shramanas* are mentioned, and they have separate names for *rajoharan* and *padaponchhan*.