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butter), oil and the like; or from plates which are similarly besmeared with such things. ( 35 ) Alamat cho - Nikšipta dosa Taking food placed over green leaves, unsterilized water and the like; ( 36 ) furengta - Pihita dosa- Taking what is covered with green leaves and other such things or even with heavy though prāsuka (pure) articles; (37) poput anu - Saṁvy- avaharaña dosa - Taking food when the giver pullsor drags about plates and the like, without due care. (38) grane - Dāyaka dosa - Taking food from an unclean or unseemly person; ( 39) f ara - Unmiśra dosa - Taking food mixed with earth or in- sects or unsterilized things; ( 40 ) supura ata - Apariņata dosaTaking water or liquid foods that have not been purified by sterlisers, such as powdered cloves to render them unsuitable for the breeding of living germs; (41) fortale - Lipta dosa - Taking food from a hand or out of a plate or pot besmeared with flour, chalk and the
(45) 37 ata - Anagära dosa - Eating with great avidity. ( 46 ) ca - Dhūmra dosa - Condemning what one eats.
fa BTER SIISH - The saint takes food only - S.D. 110 (i) To allay the affliction of hunger, (ii) To be able to serve other holy saints who may need his services. (iii) To practise bis six daily duties. (iv) To sustain the practice of Samyam (self control). (v) To preserve life, and (vi) to progress steadily on the path. He does not take it because it is palatable or because it will make him strong or enable him to live long. ta foot feefer BTTER TEU 781 and - The saint will not take food -
S.D. 110-111 (i) When suffering from a form of disease that is destructive of self-control, (ii) When attacked or pursued by evildoers, animals etc. (iii) when it is desirable to refrain from sustenance to control the longings of the senses. (iv) when his moving about will tend to cause destruction of life. (v) when he should be fasting, and (vi) when the adoption of the Sallekhana vow becomes advisable. HA TTER #32 317Rru - In addition to avoiding the above faults, the saint will also go without food wbenever any of the following thirty two antarāyas (inauspicious obstacles) occurs afterhe has started for its obtainment :
S.D. 111-113 (1) If the excrementofabird, e.g.acrow fall on him while on his way;
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(42) firat ut fra at - Parityakta (or Parityajana) dosa, taking leaving or what has been thrown away, or liquids when they can not be retained in the palm; ( 43 ) Agu - Samyojana dosaMixing up hot things with cold ones (i.e., those that have ceased to be sterile of life); ( 44 ) 3 TUTTE - Apramāņa dosa - Eating without measure, i.e., more than what is permissible;