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## Translation:
1. Daily
2. Nightly
3. Fortnightly
4. Chaturmasik (Four-month period)
5. Annual
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There is no uniformity in the number of breaths given for Kayotsarga in Pravachansaroththar and Vijayodaya Vritti. This can be easily understood from the chart given in the above lines.
1. Ashtotarashatoচ্ছ্বাসঃ Kayotsargaḥ pratikrame | Sandhye prabhaatike vaardhamananyastat saptavimshatiḥ || Saptavimshatiruchchvasaḥ samsaroonmoolanakshame | Santi panchanamaskaare navadha chinitte sati || 2. Ashtavimshati sankhyanaḥ Kayotsargaḥ mata jinaiḥ. Ahoratra gataḥ sarva shadavashyakakaarinaam || Swaadhyaaye dvaadasha praajnaiḥ vandanaayaam shadiritaḥ. Ashtau pratikrame yoghabhaktau tau dvaavudaahritau || 3. Moolaraadhana 2, 116 Vijayodaya Vritti
4. Uttaraadhyaayana 26, 39-51
Acharya Amitagati, belonging to the Digambar tradition, has laid down the rule that one should focus on 108 breaths for daily Kayotsarga and 54 breaths for night Kayotsarga. And for other Kayotsargas, one should focus on 27 breaths. In 27 breaths, there are nine repetitions of Namaskara, because one Namaskara Maha Mantra is focused on in 3 breaths. 'Namo Arihantaanam, Namo Siddhaanam' in one breath, 'Namo Aayariyaanam Namo Uvvajjaayaanam' in the second breath, and 'Namo Loe
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Savvasahuunam' in the third breath - in this way, one Namaskara Maha Mantra is completed in 3 breaths. Acharya Amitagati believes that one should perform Kayotsarga a total of 28 times a day and night. 12 times during Swaadhyaaya, 6 times during Vandana, 8 times during Pratikramana, and 2 times during Yoghabhakti, making a total of 28 times.
Acharya Aparajit believes that one should perform Kayotsarga with 108 breaths if there is a transgression related to the five great vows. If there is doubt due to the mind's fickleness or in counting the number of breaths while performing Kayotsarga, then one should perform Kayotsarga for eight more breaths.
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Upon examining the literature of both the Shwetambar and Digambar traditions, it is clear that Kayotsarga has been a special rule for Shraman Sadhakas in the past. In the study of Bhramana Samachari in Uttaraadhyaayana and
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Amitagati Shravakaachar 8, 68-69
Amitagati Shravakaachar 8, 66-67