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एकाहाइपरेणं एवं सम्वत्य पाएणं ॥ "In the elevonth the upāsaka tonsuros his hoad, 1 Flakes up a bunch of wool for riping dust and also a bowl, and, practising a holy lifo, lives almost like a monk. Thus from first day to a maximum poriod of woléron months ho lives. So we should understand the general nature of tho pratimas."
This is the traditional description of the pratimās in the original Prakrit and its froe rondering into English. The object in practising thoso pratimās sooms to be to gradually attain the stato of a monk as the Dame of the last pratimā suggests. It should be noted that the observadco of the Pratimās has bocomo obsoleto..
16.72. rūdaC, covorod with roins, rodaced to a skeloton.
16. 13. Er means Thr, wishing good; Mabão • vīra gave to me the religious discourse as a rosalt of *hich ho praotised a course of life. Now aratas thinks that he should practise tho last vow of his life, during the life-time of his master, Mabūvira, and with • this intention ho bogan praotising the samo.
16. 74. SHE fansainitt, the Jains hold that a man's aots loaro on him somo improssions; those impro. ssions are lasting; as a result of those impressions tho man's soul is tainted with sovoral colours, six in nombor, - from black to white. Black taiat is condsidered bad while the wbite is the best. Nor if a man doos meri. rtorious deeds, the colour of tho taints would improvo