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Gunaratna Samvatsara Tapa (Penance)
Gunaratna penance completes in 16 months. Among them 407 days are of fast and 73 days are of Püranā (to take food). During first month one day fast and second day Pārunā this order is followed. In second month two days' fast and third day Paraná, in third month three days' fast and one day pārunā. Increasing in this way in 16th month päraņā is taken after sixteen days' fast. In this penance during day the practiser sits in sunrays with Utkatuka posture an putting off all clothes the practiser meditates with Vīrāsana posture.
The adjacent table elucidates the penance-observing of Gautama Kuumūru clearly.
2-90 3TZUG
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