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[Seventh Uddeshak] [397] It is more difficult to pronounce than to listen in one's own asvadhyaya, and there is a lack of order in not taking the recitation. Therefore, taking the recitation is self-evident in the permission to give the recitation. Nevertheless, one should definitely pay attention to following the method of purifying the blood, etc., of the speaker and applying the cloth patch. The need for the appointment of an Acharya-Upadhyaya for a Nirgranthi 18. Thirty years of Shramanaparyaya Nirgranthi should accept a three-year Shramanaparyaya Nirgranthi as Upadhyaya. 19. Sixty years of Shramanaparyaya Nirgranthi should accept a five-year Shramanaparyaya Nirgranthi as Acharya or Upadhyaya. Discussion-Uddeshak 3 Sutra 11-12 states that it is necessary for Sadhvis to stay under the protection of these three: Acharya, Upadhyaya and Pravartini, and it is necessary for Sadhus to stay under the protection of these two: Acharya, Upadhyaya. This provision is made for Sadhus and Sadhvis who are up to forty years old and have three years of Dikshaparaya. In the present Sutra, it is said that a Sadhvi with thirty years of Dikshaparaya should be appointed as Upadhyaya and a Sadhvi with sixty years of Dikshaparaya should be appointed as Acharya. This means that it is not permissible for Sadhvis with up to thirty years of Dikshaparaya to remain without Upadhyaya and Pravartini, and it is not permissible for Sadhvis with up to sixty years of Dikshaparaya to remain without Acharya. In the Bhashya and Tika, it is explained that by adding ten years before Diksha to the above number of years, Sadhvis up to forty years of age should not remain without the protection of Upadhyaya and Pravartini, and Sadhvis up to seventy years of age should not remain without the protection of Acharya. After the above number of years, if the degree holder attains Kaladharma or becomes a lax practitioner by leaving the Gachchha, then it is not necessary to appoint Acharya etc. for such Sadhvis. In the Bhashya, Sadhvis are compared to 'Lata' i.e. just as Lata remains only with the support of trees, similarly, it is necessary for Sadhvis to remain under the Acharya for the protection of Samyamsamadhi.