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The treatise on the six types of livelihood, the faults associated with them, exceptions, and atonement has been discussed in the preface. Considerations have been given to questions, food, clothing, shelter, movement, sleep, travel, speech, departure, arrival, etc.
While discussing the violence against living beings, false speech has been divided into two parts: worldly and transcendental. The worldly false speech includes the narratives of four cunning individuals: Shashka, Elaashaadh, Mooldev, and Khindpaana. The basis of this narrative of cunning is the ancient story of Dhurtākhyāna by Acharya Haribhadra. Following this, there is a description of transcendental false speech, accepting gifts without giving, sexual intercourse, possession, and nighttime meals, which are divided into two parts: Dapiika and Kalpika. Dapiika describes the faults associated with these subjects and prohibits their consumption. Kalpika describes their exceptions. After the description of the primary virtues, there is a description of the secondary virtues. It includes the description of purification of the body, etc. The conclusion of the preface highlights that the essence of the Nisheetha Pithika should only be given to the learned, not to the unworthy.
The first section elaborates on the fourth great vow. It sheds light on accepting five types of Chilmilka, their evidence, and usage. It also discusses the stick and its utility. The rules and regulations for tearing clothes, sewing, etc., have also been mentioned.
The second section prohibits the acceptance of foot-washing water, the use of fragrant substances, harsh language, and bathing, etc. It also prohibits praising the giver before and after giving. There are 64 types of material substances. These include 24 types of grains like barley, wheat, rice, etc.; 24 types of gems like gold, copper, silver, iron, lead, gold, stone, berry, gem, pearl, coral, conch, tin, agarwood, sandalwood, silk cloth, wood, teeth, leather, hair, fragrance, medicinal substances, etc.; three types of immovable objects like land, house, tree; two types of bipeds like carts, etc., and humans; ten types of quadrupeds like cow, camel, buffalo, goat, sheep, horse, mare, stallion, donkey, elephant; and the 64th is a cooking utensil.
The body of a person who has died in bed is not acceptable. Accepting it results in the atonement of a small fast. The treatise discusses the following: (1) Who is a Saagarika? (2) When does he become a Shayyatar? (3) Types of his body, (4) When does he become a non-Shayyatar? (5) How can a Saagarika be avoided by a restrained person? (6) Faults associated with accepting the body of a Saagarika, (7) Under what circumstances can the body of a Saagarika be accepted? (8) Accepting it with care, (9) Accepting it from one or many Saagarikas, etc. There are five types of Saagarikas: Saagarika, Shayyatar, giver, house, and body. While explaining the difference between a bed and a mattress, it is stated that the bed is equal to the entire body, and the mattress is two and a half hands long. It also elaborates on its various types.
While discussing the topic of Upadhi, it mentions two types: Avadhiyukt and Upgrihit. For Jinakalpikas, there are twelve types of Upadhi Avadhiyukt, for Sthavirakalpika, there are fourteen types, and for Sadhvis, there are twenty-five types. Jinakalpika are of two types: Paanipatra Bhoji and Pratigrahadhari. There are eight categories of the period of Jinakalpika. They have two, three, four, five, nine, ten, eleven, and twelve types. The naked Paanipatra is the most inferior...