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There are five types of *Kayotsarga* performed for purification of *doshas*: daily, nightly, fortnightly, four-monthly, and yearly.
The *Kayotsarga* in the six essentials involves meditation on the *Chaturvinshati stava*. The *Chaturvinshati stava* has seven verses and twenty-eight lines. One line is meditated upon in one breath. Meditation on one *Chaturvinshati stava* is completed in twenty-five breaths. While inhaling, one should mentally recite 'Logass Ujjoyagare' and while exhaling, 'Dhammatithayare Jine'. While inhaling the second time, one should recite 'Arihante Kittaissan' and while exhaling, 'Chauveesam Pi Kevali'. In this way, the *Kayotsarga* of the *Chaturvinshati stava* is performed.
The objective, quantity, and time duration of *Kayotsarga* are given in *Pravachana Saroddhara* and *Vijayodayavritti* as follows:
**Pravachana Saroddhara**
*Chaturvinshati stava*
| Verse | Line | Breath |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Daily | 1. Yoga Shastra, 3 | 2. Four, two, twelve, twenty, four, these are the breaths. |
| 2. Nightly | 3. Twenty-five, thirteen, with 'Loga' twenty-three are to be meditated upon. | 4. One hundred and twenty-five, two hundred and fifty-two in a year. |
| 3. Fortnightly | 5. Evening and morning, three hundred each are to be done in a fortnight. | 6. Five in four months, eight thousand and eighty in a year. |
| 4. Four-monthly | 7. One hundred breaths in the evening, five hundred in the morning, three hundred in a fortnight. | 8. Four hundred in four months, five hundred in a year. |
| 5. Yearly | 9. Eight in *Pratikrama*, two in *Yogabhakti*, these two are mentioned. | |
- *Mularadhana-Vijayodayavritti*, 1,116