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## 110] [ The Prajñāpanā Sūtra states that those who have been initiated for the first time are not given initiation a second time for the purpose of Mahāvatāra-upanā. / Those Āryas who practice this type of Samāyika-cāritra are called Samāyika-cāritra-Ārya. Chhedopasthāpanika-cāritra-Ārya - The cāritra in which the chhed (gap) of the previous paryāya is filled and the Mahāvrata is established is called Chhedopasthāpanika-cāritra. It is of two types - Sāticāra and Niraticāra / Niraticāra Chhedopasthāpanika-cāritra is that which is given to a Śekṣa (newly initiated) who practices Itvrika Samāyika or is adopted when moving from one tīrtha to another. For example, the Chhedopasthāpanika-cāritra given to a Śramaṇa who comes from the tīrtha of Pārśvanātha to the tīrtha of Vardhamāna upon accepting the cāritra in the form of the five Mahāvrata is Niraticāra. Sāticāra Chhedopasthāpanika-cāritra is that which is given to a sādhaka who has violated one of the मूलगुण (Mahāvrata) as a form of Mahāvrata-uccāraṇa. / Both these types of Chhedopasthāpanika-cāritra occur in the Sthitikalpa - that is - in the tīrtha of the first and last Tīrthankaras, not in the tīrtha of the twenty-two intermediate Tīrthankaras. Due to the practice of Chhedopasthāpanika-cāritra, the sādhaka is called Chhedopasthāpanika-cāritra-Ārya. The nature of Parihāra-viśuddhi-cāritra-Ārya - Parihāra is a specific tapa (austerity) by which faults are avoided. Therefore, the cāritra in which purity is attained through the said Parihāra tapa is called Parihāra-viśuddhi-cāritra. It has two divisions - Nivishmānaka and Nivishṭakāyika / The cāritra in which the sādhaka enters and practices austerity according to the tapa-vidhi is called Nivishmānaka-cāritra, and the cāritra in which the sādhaka has completed the practice of austerity according to the tapa-vidhi is called Nivishṭakāyika-cāritra. Those sādhakas who adopt these types of cāritra are also called Nivishmāna and Nivishṭakāyika respectively. Nine sādhakas together practice this Parihāra tapa. Of these, four sādhakas are Nivishmānaka, who practice this tapa, and four sādhakas are their followers, that is, they perform Vaiyāvṛttya, and one sādhaka is a Kalpasthita Vācanācārya. Although all sādhakas are endowed with great śraddhā, this is a type of Kalpasthita Prācārya established among them. The Parihāra tapa of the Nivishmāna sādhakas is as follows - The knowers have described the Parihārikas' tapa in the winter, summer, and rainy seasons as being of three types - inferior, medium, and excellent - as follows: In the summer, the inferior tapa is Caturthabhakta, the medium is Shashṭhabhakta, and the excellent is Ashṭamabhakta. In the winter, the inferior tapa is Shashṭhabhakta (Belā), the medium is Ashṭamabhakta (Telā), and the excellent is Dashamabhakta (Chaulā). / In the rainy season, the inferior tapa is Ashṭamabhakta, the medium is Dashamabhakta, and the excellent is Dvādashabhakta (Panchaulā). Prāyambila is performed during the parana. Five (things) are accepted and two are rejected in the bhiksha. The Kalpasthita also performs Prāyambila in the same way every day. In this way, after practicing austerity for six months, the Parihārika (Nivishmānaka) sādhaka becomes an Anucāri (follower); and the four Anucāris become Parihārikas for six months. Similarly, the Kalpasthita (Vācanācārya-padastthita) sādhaka also becomes a Parihārika after six months and practices austerity for the next six months, and the remaining sādhakas become Anucāris and Kalpasthita. / This Kalpa has been briefly described as being of 18 months. After the Kalpa is completed, those sādhakas either adopt the Jinakalpa or return to their own gaccha. The pratipaddyamānaka of the Parihāra tapa practices this tapa either in the presence of the Tīrthankara Bhagavān or in the presence of someone who has practiced this Kalpa as a Tīrthankara.