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[Nishith Sutra]
There is a prohibition against taking other types of non-acceptable water even in the section on the arrival of non-acceptable water. Therefore, it is clear that there can be many other types of imaginable and unimaginable water.
Water does not become immediately non-living even after being used for weapons, therefore it is not acceptable. The same water becomes acceptable after some time when it becomes non-living.
If there are seeds, kernels, etc. in the non-living water used for washing fruits, etc., even if such water is filtered and given, it is not acceptable.
The sources of the Agamas that indicate washing water are as follows:
1. In Dasha Vaikalik, Chapter 5, Verse 1, Verse 106 (75), three types of washing water are said to be acceptable. Two types of washing water are mentioned according to Acharanga Sutra, Chapter 2, Chapter 1, Verse 7, Sutra 369, and 'War-Dhoyanam' is additional.
2. In Uttaradhyayanasutra, Chapter 15, Verse 13, three types of washing are mentioned. The mention of all three is in Pravachana Sutra, Chapter 2, Chapter 1, Verse 7, Sutra 369-370.
3. In Acharanga Sutra, Chapter 2, Chapter 1, Verse 7, Sutra 369-370, there is a prohibition against taking washing water of short duration, there is a provision for taking washing water of long duration, and there is also a provision for taking it automatically at the behest of the householder.
4. In Pravachana Sutra, Chapter 2, Chapter 1, Verse 8, Sutra 373, there is a mention of many types of washing water. If there are seeds, kernels, etc. in such water, even if it is filtered and given, it is not acceptable.
5. In Thaananga, Chapter 3, Verse 3, Sutra 188, there is a provision for 3-3 types of acceptable water in the fourth, sixth, and eighth tapas.
6. In Dasha Vaikalik, Chapter 8, Verse 6, there is a provision for taking hot water.
The 'Suddh Viyad' mentioned in Acharanga and Nishith is different from hot water, because there it is said that taking the freshly prepared Suddh Viyad is prohibited and there is a penance for it. Therefore, it should be understood as pure, cold water that is non-living.
The brief meanings of the acceptable and unacceptable washing water mentioned in the Agamas are as follows:
Eleven types of acceptable washing water:
1. Utsvedim - Washing of hands or utensils smeared with dough,
2. Sansvedim - Water used for washing boiled sesame seeds, leaves, vegetables, etc.,
3. Tandalodak - Washing of rice,
4. Tilodak - Washing of sesame seeds,
5. Tushodak - Washing of husk or water made from husking grains containing husk,
6. Javodak - Washing of barley,
7. Payam - Avshravan - Water from boiled substances,| SR No. | 003462 |
| Book Title | Agam 24 Chhed 01 Nishith Sutra Stahanakvasi |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Madhukarmuni, Kanhaiyalal Maharaj, Trilokmuni, Devendramuni, Ratanmuni |
| Publisher | Agam Prakashan Samiti |
| Publication Year | 1991 |
| Total Pages | 567 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari, Agam, Canon, Ethics, & agam_nishith |
| File Size | 11 MB |