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Tatvartha Sutram
SUTRA 18
निःशल्यो व्रती ॥। १८ ।।
Nihshalyo vrati.
Ami Vrati, or a vower should be without (blemish which is like Shalya, which makes the whole body restless.)
a) thorn (
Shalya or blemish is of 3 kinds :
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1.
R, Maya-shalya, the thorn of deceit.
2. far, Mithya-shalya, the thorn of wrong-belief.
3. f, Nidana, the thorn of Desire for future sense-pleasures.
SUTRA 19
अगा sनगारश्च ।। १६ ।।
Agaryaanagarshcha.
(Vowers are of 2 kinds :) Agarı, house-holders (laymen) and * ¡m Anagara, house-less (ascetics.)
SUTRA 20
अणुव्रतोऽगारी ॥ २० ॥
Anuvratoagari.
(One whose five) vows (are) partial (is) a house-holder. The house-holder's life has 11 яf Pratimas or stages:
1.
fm, Darshana-pratima. A true Jain must have perfect and intelligent belief in Jainism. He must have a good knowledge of its dotrines and their applications. He must give up meat, wine and honey. He must have a belief free from defects. He must more or less observe the 5 vows.
2. Vrata pratima. He must observe the 5 Anuvratas without defect, the 3 gunavratas, and 4 Siksavratas. To give details, he must not destroy life, must not tell a lie, must not make unpermitted use of another man's property, must be chaste and must limit his possessions for life (the 5 Anuvartas) he must make a perpetual and a daily vow to go in certain directions and to certain distances only, must avoid useless talk, act or thought of sinful things (the 3
